[mou] any Mexican bird experts out there?
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Wildchough@aol.com
Thu, 13 Nov 2003 21:28:43 EST
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Ok folks. Try IDing the bird (large yellowish colored grosbeak with a flock
of Evening Grosbeaks) on p. 8 of the latest issue (Nov-Dec) of the Minnesota
Conservation Volunteer. One writer states that it looks like a goldfinch on
steroids and states that the unusual coloring is a recessive trait. I'm not so
sure. This bird fits the description of Yellow Grosbeak quite well. The wings
strongly resemble YEGR, the head looks massive despite being farther back in
the photo (taken at a Cloquet, MN feeder), the yellow fits perfectly, the
darkness behind the eye fits a female YEGR, the bill seems more massive than an
Evening Grosbeak, and I think I detect a tinge of red in the plumage which fits
YEGR. Alas the bill seems light-colored and doesn't fit the field guides but
maybe an immature? There is an Iowa record which I think had the ID accepted
but origin questioned. Any thoughts out there? Bob Russell, Dakota County
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