Here are some of the responses I received to my request for help in identifying a bird I saw in the New Ulm area. I googled society finches and there are photos of birds that are quite close to the one I saw. Thanks everyone. Pat
Looks like a partial albino male Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Note the large pink beak. I think it is a house sparrow. They appear piebald occasionally. Very unique little bird! If it's a native species it must be a partial albino rose-breasted grosbeak. But the pattern is bizarre, so I think it's some foreign species, an escaped cage bird no doubt. Maybe someone else recognizes it. I don't know what it is Pat, but it's not native to around here! An escaped bird of some sort? It looks like a big finch of some sort I think it is a house sparrow. They appear piebald occasionally. Very unique little bird! It looks like an escaped cage bird. A Society Finch (Lonchura striata) is my guess. My gut feeling is that is an escaped domestic finch, perhaps a juvenile. Google society finches and look through the images and you will probably find something similar. They come in a lot of plummages. My quick guess is a House Sparrow in abnormal plumage. Pat and Kathleen Foley [email protected] ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
