First thought is a pale adult female Lesser Goldfinch - but this isn't normal territory & tail seems a bit long - what about call, size, behaviour? If the bill didn't seem so conical & dark I'd look at a pale adult female Tanager - I've found photos can be hard to ID!

On Mon, 6 Sep 2010, Karen wrote:

> This bird was at our feeder on 8-30.??? We have a guess about what it is, but aren't sure.
> Any ID help is appreciated!!
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