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Goldfinch

Carduelis carduelis

Description:

Finch? Goldfinch with no red-face? This one flew into the glass balustrade and became trapped. It had to be caught and then released.

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Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelis European Goldfinch


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3 Comments

Not a problem, be sure to add it to the new 2015 Best Photo Mission http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1184...

Max Gallagher
Max Gallagher 9 years ago

Thanks Malcolm!

It is a juvenile Goldfinch, their faces become red after the juvenile moult

Max Gallagher
Spotted by
Max Gallagher

Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Spotted on Jan 22, 2015
Submitted on Jan 22, 2015

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