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Spotting

Description:

Small gray-brown bird with some yellow, eating thistle seeds

Habitat:

Oregon High Desert at edge of Fremont Nat'l Forest

1 Species ID Suggestions

Liam
Liam 12 years ago
Lesser Goldfinch
Carduelis psaltria


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2 Comments

Liam
Liam 12 years ago

It's a Lesser Goldfinch. Looks like a Juvenile male of the black-backed form.

HeatherMiller
HeatherMiller 12 years ago

Maybe start looking here: http://www.dfw.state.or.us/species/birds...
I'm leaning towards a sparrow, but I'm new at the ID game. Good luck and welcome to Project Noah! You've added quite a few spottings recently.

DarleneKBoggs
Spotted by
DarleneKBoggs

Oregon, USA

Spotted on Sep 12, 2011
Submitted on Sep 12, 2011

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