Sure looks like a Canary to me. Used to have some when I was younger. Heather On Aug 29, 2013, at 17:20, Matthew G Hunter <matthewghunter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > HI Folks, > > I'm not even sure how to start ... how 'bout the beginning.... > > I received an email from some considerate Salem folks letting me know that > ... 3rd hand they had received forwarded photos of a PAINTED BUNTING coming > to a feeder at a rural residence near Lookingglass (SW of Roseburg a few > miles). After about a day (which is pretty good considering there were > several links between me and the original observer), I was able to obtain > contact information for the original observer/homeowner. I went over there > today to see if the bird was still around. No bunting. Turns out they had > only seen it one morning a week or two ago, but I did see the feeder and > background shown in the bunting photo. Here is the homeowner's photo from > that morning (I hope to obtain more photos of the bunting from that morning): > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewghunter/sets/72157635287515375/ > > I also learned when I was over there that another odd bird had shown up; a > very yellow bird (photos in same set as above). She said the whole bird was > that peachy yellow color. I was told "last spring"; the image data says 2 > July 2012. She asked me what I thought those were. Unfortunately the photos > do not show the whole bird, and I was stumped. However, it dawned on me that > it just looks like a "Canary." No, not a goldfinch, a Canary, the common cage > bird. See what you think. The board the bird is sitting on/behind is a 2x6, > which would be 5 1/2 inches tall. > > So this then led me to wonder ... a Canary in summer 2012. A Painted Bunting > in summer 2013. Painted Buntings are trapped and sold illegally here in the > U.S., I've read.... Could this indicate a bird breeder/seller near this area > that is loosing birds? > > Any thoughts on the identity of the yellow bird? Is it a Canary? And if it is > a Canary, any thoughts on the coincidence of a Painted Bunting appearing at > the same residence one year later? > > Matt Hunter > Melrose, OR