Idenification please

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diwellb
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Idenification please

Hi all

This is my first post.

I spotted this little one outside my window this morning. I had a quick look through my books but couldn't spot it. Is it a young one perhaps?

I live in the Macedon Ranges of Victoria.

Cheers

Bazza

dwatsonbb
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Maybe an escaped pet Domestic Canary, looks a little like a Common Greenfinch, but the colour is wrong, more yellow than greenish. They both have a forked tail as shown in your last photo.

As always happy to be wrong, welcome to the site, and may we see many more of your BiBy.

Dale Huonville, Tasmania

pacman
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yes, looks like a canary, any coal mines close by? wink

Peter

sparrow
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Yep its a canary ,try to catch if you can they dont last long in the wild, probably a good thing.

diwellb
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Hi

Okay - it's settled then. Canary.

My wife said canary but I thought what would she know? Oh that's right, her folks owned a pet shop at one stage.

Cheers

Bazza

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