Yellow Variant House Finch

[deb&tony]

Hi-
The weather has brought in a record number of birds to our backyard today including a Yellow Variant House Finch. I've included a list of birds we've seen today with special visitors in CAPS.
Black-headed Grosbeak
Evening Grosbeak
Cowbirds
Starlings
House Finch
Purple Finch
YELLOW VARIANT HOUSE FINCH
Golden-crowned Sparrow
White-Crowned Sparrow
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW (male and female)
LINCOLN SPARROW
CHIPPING SPARROW
Song Sparrow
Juncos
Towhees
Stellar’s Jay
Red-Breasted Sapsucker
Red-Breasted Nuthatch
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-Backed Chickadee
Robin
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Orange-Crowned Warbler
American Goldfinch
Pine Siskin
Red-Winged Blackbird (female only)
Rufous Hummingbird
(A neighbour reports seeing a Calliope hummingbird at her feeder today.)

Deb

Photos of the yellow variant:

[phoebe]

Very nice picture of the finch. The colours are beautiful! Wow, that's quite a list for one day!