[obol] Black-backed Lesser Goldfinch

[Paul T. Sullivan]

obol:

I was only mildly looking at this thread.  I don't keep close track of such 
things.  I figure birds are variable, like people.  I know I've seen a 
black-backed Lesser Goldfinch somewhere in my ramblings around Oregon.

However, this evening, when I arrived at Fernhill Wetlands and parked at the 
NW corner of the big lake, there were two very active, VERY-BLACK-BACKED 
LESSER GOLDFINCHES in the weeds right in front of my car.  The crown, 
scapulars, and wings were coal black.  The nape was very dark green.

Good birding,

Paul T. Sullivan
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Subject: Re: Black-backed LEGO?
From: "Gerard.Lillie" <gerard.lillie AT comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:45:19 -0700

I have only seen one in OR with a blackish back and that, also, was near
Frenchglen- around the same time as Alan's sighting, so possibly the same
bird.

Gerard Lillie
Portland, OR USA
gerard.lillie AT comcast.net



I have seen a blackish one in the valley once, maybe 30 years ago, and once
at Frenchglen in fall, maybe 8 years back or so.

-- 
Alan Contreras
EUGENE, OREGON
acontrer AT mindspring.com

Another Independent for Obama/Richardson in O08



> From: Brandon Green
> Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:55:34 -0700 (PDT)
> To: OBOL
> Subject: [obol] Black-backed LEGO?
>
> OBOL,
>
> When I got home from work this evening, there was a LESSER GOLDFINCH on
> one of
> my feeders that had a much blacker than normal back.  It was almost as
> black
> (but not quite) as the race that predominates in the southern Rockies.  I
> was
> wondering how common the black-backed (or hybrids of them and the
> olive-backed) are here in the valley.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brandon
> Eugene