Saw these in Durham the other day. Looked like a goldfinch but without the white stripes:



They were hopping around on the ground looking like they were doing a drunk dance.

8/28/2011 9:21:19 PM

Yellowcard

8/28/2011 9:24:54 PM

Titmouse?

8/28/2011 9:26:21 PM

Hmm, nope, a bit bigger and had a solid yellow chest and solid black cheeks.

8/28/2011 9:27:40 PM

after searching a couple minutes on google it appears to be an american goldfinch

8/28/2011 9:28:29 PM

I killed it with raid. I kinda feel bad, but I don't need my dogs getting bit by something like this. They come back with enough bull rings ( beatles will bite their nose and the dogs will decapitate them by licking. quite intriguing but a PITA to remove).

8/28/2011 9:28:44 PM

I'm starting to think goldfinch too but these guys didn't have the white stripes like all the ones in the pictures. Maybe they're a mutant breed!

8/28/2011 9:30:18 PM

Yellow tailed Oriole

8/28/2011 9:30:35 PM

It actually did look a lot like that but with a shorter tail and smaller. And we're not in Central America

8/28/2011 9:33:06 PM

It is a goldfinch.

8/28/2011 9:41:03 PM

Quote :

"after searching a couple minutes on google clicks it appears to be an american goldfinch, or at least that's what the photo properties say."

[Edited on August 28, 2011 at 10:37 PM. Reason : .]

8/28/2011 10:36:58 PM

I told you the picture was a goldfinch in the first post, son

8/29/2011 8:33:17 AM

pikachu

8/29/2011 8:37:12 AM

Black and yellow warbler

??

8/29/2011 9:59:32 AM

Hmm, no the black was much more clearly defined. I'm thinking they must have been goldfinches that just didn't have clear white lines.

[Edited on August 29, 2011 at 10:01 AM. Reason : d]

8/29/2011 10:00:53 AM

Check out blackburnian pronothary and magnolia warblers. Theres not one called black and yellow

8/29/2011 10:21:32 AM

Yeah these guys are too small and the markings not the same.

I had no idea there were so many black and yellow birds in the southern US

8/29/2011 10:24:53 AM

It's a Carolina Canary

8/29/2011 10:32:22 AM

wait, which bird now?

8/29/2011 10:33:44 AM

Well, it is also notoriously difficult to identify a bird after the fact. I have a great field guide I cant access right now called all the birds of north america. You should check it out, its pretty easy to use in the field or later.

8/29/2011 10:33:55 AM

^^ Pretty sure it was this bird:



A goldfinch.

8/29/2011 10:38:08 AM

those birdies are sooooo cute. I think my cat would have fun making friends with them

8/29/2011 11:50:39 AM

birds? where?

8/29/2011 11:52:30 AM

was expecting to see:

8/29/2011 12:25:39 PM

8/29/2011 1:55:28 PM