COBirders-- Yesterday afternoon a pair (M + F) of Lesser Goldfinches appeared briefly in my back yard. They were of the black-backed form which makes them most likely from Texas and much rarer here than other wanderers from that state that allegedly drive Suburbans. [Clarification for our novice birders: Most Lesser Goldfinches in Colorado-and almost all west of our state-have a greenish back. See Sibley, The Sibley Guide to Birds, 2nd ed. p. 579. During the last several decades the ratio of green-backs to black-backs that I have seen here has been roughly 20 - 1.]
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