tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post7888469985518987475..comments2024-03-28T03:13:09.436-05:00Comments on The Reluctant Blogger: What's this?HENRY KISORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12366450710995335659noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post-69352871974094385382011-01-03T19:53:29.586-06:002011-01-03T19:53:29.586-06:00Thanks to you both. I checked with the Cornell Bir...Thanks to you both. I checked with the Cornell Bird Labs site and sure enough, it's a photographic ringer for their winter-plumage female goldfinch.HENRY KISORhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12366450710995335659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post-55596631769459478972011-01-03T16:59:04.036-06:002011-01-03T16:59:04.036-06:00I was also going to say that it looks like a goldf...I was also going to say that it looks like a goldfinch in winter. (The giveaway: the black and white stripes on the wings.) We see a lot of goldfinches at our feeder. To my untrained eye, males and females look the same this time of year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4264664035215127547.post-36829518648787019642011-01-03T16:51:02.580-06:002011-01-03T16:51:02.580-06:00Looks like a nonbreeding female American Goldfinch...Looks like a nonbreeding female American Goldfinch to me.Altheanoreply@blogger.com