notice this or is
because i live the north country.Hollis WhiteAkwesasne, NY
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy Tablet
Original message From: Dave Nutter Date:
1/15/21 5:17 PM (GMT-05:00) To: CayugaBirds-L b
Subject: Re:[cayugabirds-l] Goldfinches molting in mid-January
Some of mine are similar but my impression without photo documentation is that
some never fully lost yellow patches or black flecks.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 15, 2021, at 5:18 PM, Dave Nutter wrote:
>
> On a recommendation I looked at Macaulay’s winter photos and saw plenty of
>
On a recommendation I looked at Macaulay’s winter photos and saw plenty of
variety but no sense of whether the sample is biased for or against molting
birds. Then I recalled I own a reference, a bander’s ID guide. For American
Goldfinch it says: “Continuous, limited molting occurs throughout
For the last 10 months I have sharply curtailed my travel, both on account of
the pandemic and to eliminate my birding carbon footprint. Meanwhile I have
been paying closer attention to feeder birds than ever before. Maybe other
folks who have longer experience carefully noting who comes to