[Birdtalk] Fwd: EUROPEAN GOLDFINCH

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It was submitted by DARREN HALL on Monday, April 28, 2008 at 17:02:55
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Subject: EUROPEAN GOLDFINCH
 
Email_Address: darrenhall at steveregan.com
 
Message: SUNDAY MORNING (4/27/8) I LOOKED OUT MY BACK WINDOW TO SEE IF MY RECENTLY RETURNED LAZULI BUNTINGS WERE AT MY FEEDER. THEY WERE THERE ALRIGHT, ALONG WITH SEVERAL AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES, AND A EUROPEAN GOLDFINCH! I HAVEN'T SEEN A EUROPEAN GOLDFINCH SINCE I LIVED IN THE NETHERLANDS IN THE EARLY 80'S. I YELLED FOR MY WIFE AND GRABBED THE VIDEO CAMERA. I GOT SOME FOOTAGE BUT AM HOPING TO SEE HIM AGAIN. THIS BIRD SEEMED TO BE WELL INTEGRATED WITH THE AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES AND ATE FROM MY GROUND FEEDER, TUBE FEEDER AND FROM THE LAWN. HE STAYED FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES (NOT LONG ENOUGH) AND FLEW AWAY WITH HIS AMERICAN COUSINS. WHAT A TREAT. ESCAPED CAGE BIRD OR NOT, THIS SIGHTING WAS A THRILL. ALONG WITH THE VIRGINIA'S WARBLER I SAW LAST WEEK THIS MAKES 55 DIFFERENT SPECIES OF BIRDS I HAVE HAD IN MY BACKYARD. 

 DARREN HALL-WEST VALLEY CITY


       
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