On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 03:09:27PM -0400, frank theriault scripsit: > On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote: > > As already noted its an American Goldfinch, also called a Wild Canary - > > Carduelis tristis. > > The one you captured is a male. > > > > this site may be of help to you > > http://www.allaboutbirds.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=1189 > > American Goldfinch, eh? I guess they must have flown across Lake > Ontario from Rochester, then... > > ;-)
That's to distinguish it from the European goldfinch; American = Americas as continents in this case. > Thanks guys. Now I just have to get a decent photo of one! Goldfinches are pretty easy; what you want for a real challenge is to go into High Park and get a shot of a male wood duck with accurate colour representation. -- Graydon, who is still working on that one -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
