[obol] Abnormally colored goldfinch

[Peter J. McClosky]

Matt sent me an image he took of the bird he saw, and it definitely NOT 
the same bird that I saw, which means that there were at least two odd 
colored Goldfinches in the River Road / Santa Clara area!
(I saw no yellow or black on the bird I saw)

Peter McClosky
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Matt Peterson wrote:

>Yesterday, there was an unusually colored goldfinch at our feeder.  It had a yellow face/head, black bars on its wings, and black primaries and the rest of it was pure white.  It was quite beautiful.  I was able to snap a few mediocre pictures if anyone is interested.  I'm thinking it might be partially leucistic, but not positive.
>
>This is our first migration season in this house so it's been fun seeing what comes to our yard.  I saw my first yard TOWNSENDS WARBLER, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW and house sparrows yesterday.  I was bummed about the house sparrows and they don't deserve to be capitalized.  We've also had a large influx of DARK-EYED JUNCOS this week.  There were also 2 COOPERS HAWKS soaring above the yard, heading south.  Lots of BC CHICKADEES, a few RB NUTHATCHES, and many AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES are regulars.
>
>I live in the River Road area of Eugene.
>
>Matt
>

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