Hi Tweets,

Rob Conway writes:

>Twice today I saw a BLACK (coal/night/crow not grey!) finch or finchlike
>bird at my feeder. Looked like a melanistic goldfinch....Any ideas on
making an ID would be
>appreciated.

Sounds like a melano. One possible ID technique is to ask yourself: 'if this
bird were *not* black, it would look like a _______.'

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