Carduelis tristis

We have returned to New Mexico after almost three weeks of vacation, and I have been curious to see how many bird watching changes there have been during that time. The back yard birds are not used to me watching them, so they seemed more skittish than usual. I saw very few Juncos today, and many fewer House Finches. The largest number of birds were the American Goldfinches, who are definitely sporting much yellower colors than before. This one was about as bright yellow as any I saw today.