orange faced goldfinch (1 Viewer)

[David Lillywhite]

I have a orange faced goldfinch in my garden,not seen one before,we do have lots of goldfinches,could it be genetic?

 

[delia todd]

Hi David

This is likely to be one of the many forms of leucism, which you can read more about in the Opus Dictionary.

 

[Ian Lewis]

First year Goldfinches have more of an orange face than adults, but as the numbers of first years you will see will far outweigh the number of adults, I'm sure you will be aware of that and that this bird is something strikingly different.

Ian

 

[David Lillywhite]

nice to have something different in the garden.We also have a blackbird around that mimic's a sandpiper. Thanks all.