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Anyone know what kind of bird this is at my feeder?

Pictures don't really capture it well, but it's got some yellow-brown feathers on its back and head, very muted (I suspect this bird is a much brighter yellow during breeding season) a brown beak, white underbelly.

They seem to like thistle seeds.

@pganssle

Looks like a goldfinch. The juveniles and females are more muted than the yellow males.

@khird Yeah, I think you are right! Good call!

I kept rejecting them because I didn't realize that the non-breeding males would get quite so brown!

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