Goldfinch Bird Lost Gold
by Gaby Ethington
Title
Goldfinch Bird Lost Gold
Artist
Gaby Ethington
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
I joined the FAA Year Long Challenge for the theme of ‘The World Outside’, which the rule is post one image per week for 52 weeks in a year. I chose to post a photographic image each week and here is my Week 17 image. This seems to be a Goldfinch bird with unusual coloring, in that it has a pigment problem, maybe partially leucistic. I saw it through our window as it came to our bird feeder, and I hurried to grab my camera and photograph it because it was so different looking. I couldn’t identify its breed from several bird ID sites, so I asked my daughter who is part of a birding group on Facebook to query the experts. The consensus from there is that it is a goldfinch with a pigment problem. It does look like an American Goldfinch in its profile. I love to see the birds on our birdfeeder and this was a special thrill to see this one.
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December 23rd, 2023
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