Lesser Goldfinch
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Lesser Goldfinch
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Map and range not to any scale nor is it absolute.
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New images as of 06/22/06
In the Demonstration Garden at Boyce Thompson Arboretum at Superior, Arizona.
I like to go there, sit in front that fountain eating a snack and cool drink, it's more than likely over 110* today.
The bubbling water from thefountain really attracts the birds.
D70s dig camera & an 80 to 400mm lens, SB-800 flash unit.
I'll tell'ya, it's impossible to beat these new digital cameras, virtually no grain, plus no film to buy.
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It sure is most interesting how they will perch over that water and
look all around for several minutes before flying down to drink.
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I don't know where these two came in from. I must have blinked once 2 often and they flew in.
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Finally the one up in the tree flew down to drink.
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New images as of 05/25/06
Boyce Thompson Arboretum
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Below images were taken at an earlier date.
This a a green-backed Lesser Goldfinch refereed to as the western variety.
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I believe this is the female Lesser Goldfinch
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Photographed 08/27/05 South Rim of the Grand Canyon
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Photographed 08/27/05 South Rim of the Grand Canyon
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Photographed 08/27/05 South Rim of the Grand Canyon
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Photographed 08/27/05 South Rim of the Grand Canyon
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Lesser Goldfinch
"Green-backed"
Nope, they are male Wilson's Warbler
as pointed out to me by a friend. I guess there's no harm in leaving them here, they're nice to look at anyway.
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See the Lesser Goldfinches at Tom Beatty's in Miller canyon
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