[yellowsnow]

Look up the female Golden Finch. I used to have these in my yard all the time. The males are stunning and the females look like the bird you described.

[oeccscclhjhn]

Originally Posted by swagger

Where are you? There's no indication of what part of the country you're in. That will make a HUGE difference when it comes to people helping you figure it out.

.. Might be a clue:



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[ElleTea]

Originally Posted by yellowsnow

Look up the female Golden Finch. I used to have these in my yard all the time. The males are stunning and the females look like the bird you described.

My first thought was a goldfinch. They are very plentiful where I am originally from (Iowa- the state bird actually), I didn't know they were in this part of the country, but it makes sense as I have seen finch feeders.

[usnftcret]

We have a pigeon infestation in our neighborhood pooping everywhere. Just saw a robin this morning while watering the roses. Very rare sighting.

[TraceyCCM]

Originally Posted by swagger

Where are you? There's no indication of what part of the country you're in. That will make a HUGE difference when it comes to people helping you figure it out.

Sorry. I didn't think I had to explain that I live in Las Vegas. If it helps, I'm on the extreme east side, east of Hollywood, north of Bonanza, right in the shadow of the Mormon temple. We have at least a dozen kinds of birds in our yard every day, but this one I just can't identify.

Anyway... to the person who suggested goldfinch, it's definitely not. It looks most like a yellow throated warbler but distribution maps I looked at suggest they don't come this far west. Either the maps are wrong or it's another bird that looks just like it. I'll try to be ready with my camera tomorrow so we can get to the bottom of this.

[swagger]

Originally Posted by oeccscclhjhn

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I thought this was in the hobbies forum.

[gvc8]

Originally Posted by gvc8

thank you for this site. it has helped to identify some fowl around our area that we were curious about

This is what we saw walking around our front yard and also on top of our block wall:

[TraceyCCM]

Originally Posted by gvc8

This is what we saw walking around our front yard and also on top of our block wall:

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That's a ringneck pheasant. I saw one last year in a neighborhood off N. Decatur. I saw a pair of mallard ducks there too. Most surprising bird I have seen here so far was last summer I saw a white heron standing in a wash over on the east side of town.

[yellowsnow]

Originally Posted by ElleTea

My first thought was a goldfinch. They are very plentiful where I am originally from (Iowa- the state bird actually), I didn't know they were in this part of the country, but it makes sense as I have seen finch feeders.

I don't think they are common here.

[ElleTea]

Originally Posted by yellowsnow

I don't think they are common here.

Looks like the goldfinch is common in this part of the US in the winter.

American Goldfinch, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology