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September 28, 2008

Timmy's First Catch

Timmy caught his first bird today. He was so proud he came running in through the cat door with it in his mouth. I was watching MSNBC explain how Obama was going to cut taxes and make everything free from health care to college to marshmallows and I wasn't really paying much attention to the cat. Even when the bird started singing, I convinced myself that it was some squeaky toy Jennifer had given the cat. But when I saw the bird hopping across the tile floors in the kitchen, I was like..."WTF is that?"

I saved it from Timmy and looked it up in my bird book. It appears to be an immature female Lesser Goldfinch(Carduelis psaltria), but I'm attempting to verify this at www.whatbird.com.

Update: I was mistaken about the bird identification. The shape of the bill indicates it is a Warbler, and the coloration leads to the conclusion that this is a MacGillivray's Warbler (Oporornis tolmiei).

Posted by Rob Kiser on September 28, 2008 at 1:57 PM

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