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Lesser Goldfinch
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Overview
Lesser Goldfinch: Small finch with dark back (black in the east, dark green in the west), black crown, and bright yellow underparts. Wings and tail are black with white markings. Winter male is duller. Female is smaller, duller, and lacks black cap. Juvenile is similar to female but has greener underparts.
Range and Habitat
Lesser Goldfinch: Resident from Washington, Oregon, and northern Nevada east to northern Colorado and Texas, and south beyond the U.S.-Mexico border. Eastern race is found from northern Colorado southward through Texas and westward to Utah and Arizona. Western race occurs from Utah westward to Columbia River and southward into Mexico. Preferred habitats include oak savannas, woodlands, and suburban gardens. |
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Bonsoir Penny!
Quelles merveilleuses couleurs pour ce joli petit oiseau ! Excellents détails, très belle présentation et joli POV. J'aime vraiment beaucoup cette image. bien joué !
Merci et au revoir...JP
Hi friend,
nice close-up with good details! Nice composition and perspective! Take care Ana:)
Hello Penny
A great shot of this Finch in very harsh light which has left it slightly over exposed..the detail and sharpness is superb...on another note did the psd open alright?
Best Regards
paul
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Hi Penny,
Yeah, you need that book that I recommended. There are three so-called Goldfinches in California. The American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis); Lawrence's Goldfinch (Carduelis lawrencei); and this one, Lesser Goldfinch (Carduelis psaltria). This is an adult male bird. The American Goldfinch has the black crown involving only the forehead to the highest part of the crown (finishes just about at the level of the pre-nape, i.e. the first part of the nape), and the blackness does not surround the eye as you can see here. The American Goldfinch also does not, in the adult male, have all of this grey on the ear coverts and side of the neck, and also do you see the black terminal zones on the undertail?, well, in the American Goldfinch it is much thinner.