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A friend writes:
Any chance you can identify this bird — or know someone who might? It was shot in December 2004 in Los Angeles near the coast.
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But I get through life by thinking zebras rather than horses, lol. That is my motto: try to make it all seem so much better!
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Lesser goldfinch
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Definitely NOT a Western Tanager (thanks, Fred, anyway). Lesser Goldfinch, and verified by Fred after seeing all the pics!
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Bird was seen near Los Angeles… I’d think horses, not zebras… :- )
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I am going to change to the Eurasian siskin, male.
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It resembles an Olivaceous siskin just a bit. I have a question…did she bring out the color of the yellow in editing? Would anyone agree that it looks a bit like a siskin?
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Lesser goldfinch?
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Western Tanager
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Marianne Herrmann
But I get through life by thinking zebras rather than horses, lol. That is my motto: try to make it all seem so much better!
Diane Van Kempen
Lesser goldfinch
Deedee Burnside
Definitely NOT a Western Tanager (thanks, Fred, anyway). Lesser Goldfinch, and verified by Fred after seeing all the pics!
Jim Wright
Bird was seen near Los Angeles… I’d think horses, not zebras… :- )
Marianne Herrmann
I am going to change to the Eurasian siskin, male.
Marianne Herrmann
It resembles an Olivaceous siskin just a bit. I have a question…did she bring out the color of the yellow in editing? Would anyone agree that it looks a bit like a siskin?
Louise Riccobene
Lesser goldfinch?
Deedee Burnside
Western Tanager