[mou] Yellow Variant House Finch
Clark, Scott
SClark@ci.elk-river.mn.us
Mon, 5 Feb 2007 08:26:00 -0600
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On Friday Feb. 2, 2007 at 1:30 p.m. I noticed at my thistle feeder an
"unusual" bird. It was feeding with three goldfinches so it was easy to
size (about an inch larger in length and more robust in girth. I did not
have a good look at it as it was behind the feeder but I could tell that
it had a yellow " rump stripe" that appeared to run a long way up the
back, and some streaking on the lower body. I could see neither yellow
on the wings nor any discernable wing bar. When the bird turned I saw a
fairly bright yellow face. He turned towards the house and I saw what I
thought was a fairly bright "full" chest area and then some streaking.
He flew away but returned about one hour later. At this time he was
still not in full sight but for about 5 seconds it came out in full view
to the house and I could see that the bright yellow was on the face, the
throat, and only partially into the chest area. The rest of the front
body was intermediately striped (meaning neither crisp nor blurry). Due
to the angle of the bird I never saw the beak shape. I photographed the
bird but only have somewhat blurred photos do to the angle of the bird
and me shaking from an unheated three season porch. This bird looked
like a house finch but I was not aware of a "yellow" variant. I called
my resident expert the next day (H. Towle) and he graciously gave me the
geographical and other pertinent facts on where this bird typically is.
Unfortunately, the bird has not returned. Scott =20
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font-family:Arial'>On Friday Feb. 2, 2007 at 1:30 p.m. I noticed at my =
thistle
feeder an “unusual” bird. It was feeding with three =
goldfinches so
it was easy to size (about an inch larger in length and more robust in =
girth. I
did not have a good look at it as it was behind the feeder but I could =
tell
that it had a yellow “ rump stripe” that appeared to run a =
long way
up the back, and some streaking on the lower body. I could see neither =
yellow
on the wings nor any discernable wing bar. When the bird turned I saw a =
fairly
bright yellow face. He turned towards the house and I saw what I thought =
was a
fairly bright “full” chest area and then some streaking. He =
flew
away but returned about one hour later. At this time he was still not in =
full
sight but for about 5 seconds it came out in full view to the house and =
I could
see that the bright yellow was on the face, the throat, and only =
partially into
the chest area. The rest of the front body was intermediately striped =
(meaning
neither crisp nor blurry). Due to the angle of the bird I never saw the =
beak shape.
I photographed the bird but only have somewhat blurred photos do to the =
angle
of the bird and me shaking from an unheated three season porch. This =
bird
looked like a house finch but I was not aware of a “yellow” =
variant.
I called my resident expert the next day (H. Towle) and he graciously =
gave me
the geographical and other pertinent facts on where this bird typically =
is. Unfortunately,
the bird has not returned. Scott <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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