Re: [SBB] So... what is this? (2)

[tapaculo <[[email protected]]>]

Sorry, folks.  In my opinion (several times I've been wrong), there  
is no way that this bird is a House Finch, House Sparrow or  
Goldfinch.  While I'm not sure what it is, I'll bet it's some exotic  
that is looking for a nice cozy place to hang out.

Steve Rovell
Marina, CA

On May 5, 2006, at 10:39 AM, mary keitelman wrote:

>
> Thanks publishing this Chuq!
>
> After looking at Sibley books at length and thinking of all the  
> finches I've
> seen, I think it's an adult male American Goldfinch in nonbreeding/ 
> changing
> plumage.
>
> reasons:
> bill shape makes it a finch
> pinkish bill disting is a characteristic of American Goldfinches  
> (breeding
> tho!)
> we can just see teh top of the lesser covert, and it is yellow.
>
> It doesn't seem to be a female house finch, as they have a streaked  
> breast
> -- we see no streaking at all here. pollen dusted all over the bird  
> seems 
> unlikely, and if it was, wouldn't the breast be yellowish also?
>
> UPDATE >  I thought about a house sparrow, but the overall aspect--  
> seems
> finchy. and just too much yellow.
>
> Not really sure tho!
>
> Mary Keitelman
>
>> From: Chuq Von Rospach <[[email protected]]>
>> To: SBB birds <[[email protected]]>
>> Subject: Re: [SBB] So... what is this?
>> Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 08:16:58 -0700
>>
>>>> Laurie took this shot at shoreline, at the pumping station. The
>>>> swallow she expected to find. Her neighbor?
>>>>
>>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/lsefton/138071102/in/photostream/
>>
>> Just to follow up on this --
>>
>> Responses leaned towards one of two answers:
>>
>> Female house finch, with some pollen.
>>
>> A goldfinch ( possibly a lesser, bob reiling thought a young male
>> american).
>>
>> Most people who responded felt it was a sparrow, and a sparrow
>> "borrowing" a swallow's nest is expected behavior, I'm going to lean
>> in that direction, although to be honest, comparing it to the
>> pictures in Sibley's the beak makes me lean towards the goldfinch. It
>> could be either from those shots.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Chuq Von Rospach, Architech
>> [[email protected]] -- http://chuqui.typepad.com/
>>
>> Very funny, Scotty. Now beam my clothes down here, will you?
>>
>>
>>
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