[SBB] Mystery Bird

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       A bright yellow bird came to one of my ground feeders.  It is smaller 
than a towhee, about the size or a little bigger than a house finch.  It 
looked somewhat like a miniature non-breeding western tanager as illustrated in 
Sibley's,  but the wings are not black with white wingbars.  Rather they are 
greenish yellow with dark tipped primaries.  The tail has a dark stripe down its 
center.  The light red extends to the top of the head from the beak.  The beak 
is that of a seedeater but not as blunt as on a house finch. It walks rather 
than hops.
       I've never seen a bird like this before and I would sure like to know 
what I'm looking at.  It has apparently been hanging because my wife saw it 
several days ago at one of our birdbaths.

Jean Dubois
Los Gatos
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