tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111228953718918006.post472611246140577135..comments2024-03-23T22:29:05.073-04:00Comments on Home Spun Juggling: Gone Away is the Bluebirdjugglingpayneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10921293051956441475noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111228953718918006.post-84510641903164374402007-12-13T09:23:00.000-05:002007-12-13T09:23:00.000-05:00Thank you for passing along the What Bird site. I...Thank you for passing along the What Bird site. I have it bookmarked as I have a feeling it will come in quite handy when we do Apologia's Flying Creatures next school year.<BR/><BR/>Kimflmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12781812205765728149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111228953718918006.post-6975376410644765992007-12-12T22:53:00.000-05:002007-12-12T22:53:00.000-05:00We got a flock of mutant goldfinches. I took a bu...We got a flock of mutant goldfinches. I took a bunch of pictures and puzzled over whether they could be juveniles. It has been awhile since goldfinches had come, but these were mixed in with a flock of goldfinches. They were the size of goldfinches. They were the color of goldfinches. But they had streaked breasts.<BR/><BR/>And I thought I'd get to name a new species. Or a goldfinch/house finch hybrid. But then I realized they were pine siskins, a new bird for us!<BR/><BR/>Yours does look like our goldfinches to me, but I don't have any good winter pictures now that my husband purged my files. Here is <A HREF="http://www.treknature.com/gallery/North_America/Canada/photo9693.htm" REL="nofollow">one I found online</A>, but it is hard to tell with a picture through a foggy window. You would know better having seen it! But their beaks are darker in the winter, at least around here.<BR/><BR/>Dana<BR/><A HREF="http://principleddiscovery.com" REL="nofollow">Principled Discovery</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com