Subject: [Tweeters] May 2008 - Grays Harbor county first - Lesser Goldfinch
Date: Dec 7 16:37:27 2009
From: Tim O'Brien - kertim7179 at yahoo.com


Hi all,

I have been building a Flickr photo website and have been going through old photos. I found a few of some goldfinches I took last year in May along Elma-Gate Road near Oakville. After a recent trip to Lewiston, ID where I saw several Lesser Goldfinches thanks to Terry Gray and Keith Carlson, I realized my photos have a male Lesser Goldfinch in them. I took pictures because I knew one looked "different".

I have passed the photos around to several birders and they all agree on the Lesser Goldfinch. This is a county first for Grays Harbor county and a Washington State lifer for me. Now, I am carefully looking at all my photos from the past!

You can view my Flickr site at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/red_knot/

Tim O'Brien
Cheney, WA
mailto: kertim7179 at yahoo dot com