Doesn't seem to be an American Goldfinch or a Lesser Goldfinch.
(photo courtesy of the gf)
John Callendar, who's been very good at this, seems to confirm it's a female Western Tanager. Check out the remote video photo during our webcam experiment.
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September 19, 2009
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Posted by: watch vampire diaries online | November 09, 2009 at 02:41 AM
What a beautiful little guy. Great shot.
Posted by: Bestmedia | September 22, 2009 at 11:30 PM
Agreed as to it being a female Western Tanager.
We had a shot of one on your deck during the CONE Sutro Forest run, I think, but we never got enough votes to get an official ID. That was on May 7, 2007. See:
http://www.elanus.net/sutro/2007/05/08/well-hello-little-lady/
and
http://www.elanus.net/sutro/2007/12/01/two-that-got-away/
This bird looks quite similar to that one. Two and a half years is a long time in the life of a small songbird, but I can't help wondering if this could be the same individual bird.
Neat shot! Thanks for posting it.
Posted by: John Callender | September 20, 2009 at 09:09 AM
female Western Tanager?
Posted by: Kevin Curry | September 19, 2009 at 08:56 AM