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Bird ID Please

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  • 06-06-2019 12:10pm
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    fred funk }{
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    This chap has been showing up around the garden over the past week or so. My hunch is he's a juvenile Goldfinch but he looks bigger and not like any pictures of them on Google. Has a striking red face and orange breast.


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    Stigura
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    Fred; I reckon what ye've got there is a Goldfinch Mule. That's a Goldfinch crossed with a Canary. People do that for their song. Just so happens I have one myself! :)

    Here he is, my little mate, " Goldie ". There's variation in their exact look. Someone's lost that one.

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    fred funk }{
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    Stigura wrote: »
    Fred; I reckon what ye've got there is a Goldfinch Mule. That's a Goldfinch crossed with a Canary. People do that for their song. Just so happens I have one myself! :)

    Here he is, my little mate, " Goldie ". There's variation in their exact look. Someone's lost that one.

    P6060411tn.jpg

    Hi Stigura,

    Yes, possibly but I'm not sure. I have a lot of Goldfinches around the feeders too but as I said earlier, it didn't look like any pictures I found on Google. Nice looking bird all the same.


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    Mickeroo
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    I'm almost 100% certain it's a goldfinch based on the red around the face.


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    corks finest
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    fred funk }{ wrote: »
    This chap has been showing up around the garden over the past week or so. My hunch is he's a juvenile Goldfinch but he looks bigger and not like any pictures of them on Google. Has a striking red face and orange breast.
    yes young gf


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    fred funk }{
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    Thanks folks.


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    11James11
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    As Stigura said its some type of a goldfinch mule I have seen a few before mixed in with other finches they usually have plastic rings on their legs.I wounder how well they survive in the wild ?


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    11James11 wrote: »
    As Stigura said its some type of a goldfinch mule I have seen a few before mixed in with other finches they usually have plastic rings on their legs.I wounder how well they survive in the wild ?

    That bird is a juvenile Goldfinch and definitely not a mule.


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    11James11
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    Fernanda Ancient Jaw wrote: »
    That bird is a juvenile Goldfinch and definitely not a mule.

    No juvenile goldfinch would have such a bright red face so early in the summer .Its a mule :)


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    Ulmus
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    11James11 wrote: »
    No juvenile goldfinch would have such a bright red face so early in the summer .Its a mule :)

    I think you're correct. Any young goldfinch I've seen so far at my bird feeder doesn't have the red face.


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    corks finest
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    Fernanda Ancient Jaw wrote: »
    11James11 wrote: »
    As Stigura said its some type of a goldfinch mule I have seen a few before mixed in with other finches they usually have plastic rings on their legs.I wounder how well they survive in the wild ?

    That bird is a juvenile Goldfinch and definitely not a mule.
    Correct 100 pc I've them in my garden for years until I stopped feeding them( mice)


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    Pretzill
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    It would hardly be a mule in the wild? I have lots of goldfinches and that looks like a juvenile to me too - the red face starts coming as they grow, sometimes they can look quite scrappy - but keep an eye out there are probably more mature and other young ones hanging around.

    Edit to add: when I say I have lots I mean in my garden - can't abide birds being caged.


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    Mickeroo
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    It's a bit of a lottery whether they have the red face or not going by the juvenile's I've seen at my feeder so I wouldn't say it's a definite indication of it being a mule. Wouldn't rule it out either of course!


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    Snowc
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    What you have op is a juvenile redpoll ,Srameen I am afraid your wrong ;)


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    OpenYourEyes
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    Snowc wrote: »
    What you have op is a juvenile redpoll ,Srameen I am afraid your wrong ;)

    It is 100% not a juvenile Redpoll.


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    fred funk }{
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    Ok. I now definitely have several juvenile Goldfinches around the feeders. They are nothing like the bird in the first post and have little or no red on their heads.


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    Stigura
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    I believe " Open Your Eyes " is a Ringer? Ringer would know a Goldfinch, at any stage or gender.

    What say you, Open Your Eyes?

    Them Coverts say " Goldfinch " to you?


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    OpenYourEyes
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    Stigura wrote: »
    I believe " Open Your Eyes " is a Ringer? Ringer would know a Goldfinch, at any stage or gender.

    What say you, Open Your Eyes?

    Them Coverts say " Goldfinch " to you?

    Red on the face says adult Goldfinch, rest of the body is very washed out - hard to tell if it's leucism or crossed with something else, but I'd be inclined to suggest the latter!


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