[Birdtalk] Re: PALE PINE SISKIN - VIDEO

[Jeff Bilsky]

Due to the grainy quality of the video this bird does somewhat resemble an
American Goldfinch (as has been suggested). However, this bird has extensive
streaking on the breast and sides and clearly a brown semicircle on the
auriculars (evident on the higher quality video). If anything I'm guessing
it is close to a Yellow Adult Siskin - it was very much like a Pine Siskin
in all ways except that it was somewhat paler and had more yellow on the
outer wing than I normally observe (like the Yellow adult siskin). This bird
was observed live by another birder (Carl Ingwell) who corroborated the ID.
Thanks for the feedback.

Jeff



On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Jeff Bilsky <jbilsky at gmail.com> wrote:

> Because there actually seemed to be a few people interested in my pale
> siskin observation and because I'd rather mess around on imovie than on work
> I'm supposed to be doing, here's a clip of the bird. As always, steady hands
> are not my forte.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x-1-pwsets&feature=channel_page
>
> --
> Jeff Bilsky
> Salt Lake City
> jbilsky at gmail.com
> www.endlesswilderness.com
> I would like to have my cake and eat it too.
>
>
>


-- 
Jeff Bilsky
Salt Lake City
jbilsky at gmail.com
www.endlesswilderness.com
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