hi ... thanks for all the responses ...

lots of folks informed me that Bird #2 is a juvenile Dark-eyed Junco
... I never seen a young one before so that bird never crossed my mind ...

folks weren't sure what Bird #1 is using only those two images I was
able to get ... the most common suggestion was a Pine Siskin ...

thanks again,
Lyn
Vancouver, Washington
pointers at pacifier dot com



At 08:21 AM 8/18/2009, Lyn Topinka wrote:

>hi group ...
>
>went up to Timberline at Mount Hood on sunday ... hiked only a few
>hundred yards up the hill and wandered through the trees ... was
>looking for the Clark's Nutcracker (which we found) and also the
>grey-crowned Rosy Finch or the Cassin's Finch, both of which
>"googling" said I might find around Timberline ... what we found was
>this bird ...
>
>http://columbiariverimages.com/Birds/HoldingPen/mount_hood_unknown_bird_08-16-09.html
>
>I'm thinking the black central spot on Bird #1 might just be dirty
>feathers ... something about the way the feathers lie ... I could be wrong ...
>
>both birds were in a loosely grouping of 3 to 4 other birds ...
>
>both were Finch-size, although Bird #1 appeared to be slightly
>larger to us comparing it to Bird #2 ... although that could be
>just an illusion with the tree top ... neither match images in the
>books for Grey-Crowned or Cassin's ...
>
>other sightings were the Common Raven and American Kestrel ... could
>hear Chickadee sounds in the trees but never spotted one ... and
>there were flocks of 20-30 smaller birds which flew around the
>slopes and the motion appeared Goldfinch-like ... always too fast
>and too far away for me to ID ...
>
>thanks for the help on my unknown(s) ...
>Lyn
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