Participant Photo: Unknown Yellow Visitor
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Yellow finch type bird within a flock of Goldfinches… Need ID of the bird.
Categories: Finches
Species: American Goldfinch
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Leucistic American Goldfinch
This would be a male American Goldfinch that has not molted yet.
Usually, male goldfinches will be bright yellow in the summer and duller in the winter.
Similar sighting: https://feederwatch.org/community/participant-photo/yellow-phase-goldfinch-in-flock-of-dozens/
Annual molts of the American Goldfinch: https://www.sibleyguides.com/2012/05/the-annual-plumage-cycle-of-a-male-american-goldfinch/