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[canon eos]

Is this an American Goldfinch?



Canon T2i, 400L lens

Thanks for any input or comments.

[blackburnian]

yes it is!

[Melissa :)]

Yup, American Goldfinch (male)!

[canon eos]

Thanks.
It must have been "American' day here yesterday when I shot this. Three (juvenile, I believe) American Robins flew into this tree and got my attention, then this Goldfinch took their place!

[MWM]

Learn something new every day! I never realized that "Robins" are actually called American Robins, will have to correct my life list (I keep it in alphabetical order), thanks.

[Clip]

I love seeing Goldfinches. They are easy to get to come to feeders. Use Nyjer it a stocking type feeder. And you will get House Finches, American Goldfinches and Lesser Goldfinches.

[BarnSwallow]

Lesser goldfinhes depending whih part of the ountry you're in. We don't hae the here. Sorry about the typing, a few keys don't work.

[Julie H]

That's where I consider myself lucky, I get oodles of Lessers here in California. I just love their songs and their antics at the feeder.

Julie

[SuzanneO]

Learn something new every day! I never realized that "Robins" are actually called American Robins, will have to correct my life list (I keep it in alphabetical order), thanks.

Also, what we usually call Kestrel is really and American Kestrel. When we finally sailed back in to New World waters, I wrote a bird list for a day of birding on St. Lucia in the West indies and posted it on a forum, I had Kestrel down and a UK birder gently reminded me, American Kestrel. In Europe, they have Eurasian (Common) Kestel and Lesser Kestrel.
I was going to write that Kentish Plover and Snowy Plover are the same. I listed a Kentish from Egypt in 2006, and when I went home for a visit, I listed a Snowy from CA. I use Excel spread sheet for my life list, and after the common name, I list the scientific. When I typed in Charadrius alexandrinus, I was alerted that I already had it.
As you say, you learn something new everyday; when I double-checked that it was Snowy that was the same as Kentish, I found that they have been split--Kentish is now C. alexandrius and Snowy is now C. nivosus. Well, I think they've been split , some sites are saying the split is imminent, but still calling Snowy Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus. The Cornell site calls it C. nivosus, and they are probably the most current. So, I get another bird on my life list!
I had a few such 'duplicates': Black-bellied Plover is called Grey Plover in the rest of the world.
Sue

[SuzanneO]

In Southern California, we also get Lawrence's Goldfinch--pretty bird.