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Photo by DarleneKBoggs
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Field Notes

Description:

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

Habitat:

Oregon High Desert at edge of Fremont Nat'l Forest

Species ID Suggestions

Lesser Goldfinch

Carduelis psaltria

Comments (2)

It's a Lesser Goldfinch. Looks like a Juvenile male of the black-backed form.
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.
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2011

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