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| Yellow House Finch. Imperial Beach, California. March 2, 2014. Greg Gillson. |
Most male House Finches are red. Thus, when I saw this yellow bird fly into the bushes at Tijuana Slough NWR nature center, I thought is was going to be something exciting and rare.
Alas, "only" a House Finch, a common feeder bird throughout much of North America--especially the West. I've seen rather orange House Finches before, but this is the yellowest.
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| Typically-colored House Finch. Bend, Oregon. June 13, 2008. Greg Gillson. |
My first field guide was Peterson's Western (1969). It included Hawaiian
birds--perhaps the only field guide to North America to do so? He
illustrated the introduced House Finches there as orange, saying they
ran the gamut from red to yellow.
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| Orange variant House Finch. Forest Grove, Oregon, May 16, 2004. Greg Gillson. |
Alas, as in most birds, the female is not adorned with bright breeding colors.
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| Typically colored male and female House Finch. Beaverton, Oregon. June 8, 2010. Greg Gillson. |
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