Floyd,
Thank you for the info. I was going to check on this as well. It’s always
exciting to me to see a new species or in this case different color!
On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 10:48 AM Floyd and Clarice Robertson <
47robertson02@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
We have House Finches all the time.Kassie
I don't recall seeing one like this. I think you got these great photos
just in time, because I assume it will soon turn to the normal red, though
I am not sure.
The explanation seems to be something in their diet during molting, cause
a color change.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/i-saw-a-house-finch-that-was-orange-or-yellow-instead-of-red-what-happened-to-it/
Floyd Robertson
Lubbock TX
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*From:* Kassie Moore <kasbang55@xxxxxxxxx>
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*Subject:* [leasbirds] Re: Tomorrow could be interesting
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Hello, hope everyone survived the storms last night. I lived through
'Harvey" down in League City (aka south of Houston). So I've seen what 50
inches of rain can do and the storm that continued for 3 plus days. So the
last couple of storms here rival the wind that Hurricane Harvey brought
us! Geez it is a bit frightening for sure. Anyway on a good note before
the storm we saw this at our feeder. Was pale yellow through my binocular
however the pictures show a slight red in some of the feathers. I have
never seen one and I concluded it is a House Finch Variation...according to
my Nat Geo Field guide. Your thoughts?? Have you all seen one?
Kassie
On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 10:35 PM Glenda Kelly <glendakelly13@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Yes, thank you, Anthony!
Glenda
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On May 23, 2020, at 7:40 PM, Jennifer Miller <foundnatureblog@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Thanks for the heads up, Anthony!
On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 7:05 PM Anthony Hewetson <fattonybirds@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Greetings all:
The kind of rainfall we are getting now can make for an interesting
day along riparian corridors on the following morning. Probably not
so much in the way of migrant songbirds (though one never knows - some
stuff might have gotten started from the south before this blew up and
might get grounded at local hotspots) but amphibians, reptiles, and
mammals can get displaced and become much more visible. The day after
heavy storms has, in past years, provided me with good views of Plains
and Yellow-faced Pocket Gophers, for instance.
Anthony Hewetson
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