To our surprise this morning, among a large flock of Amer Goldfinch and Pine Siskins, was a bird that looked like an European Goldfinch--almost.  

It had a whitish breast, had a strong cardinal-red 'beard' through its chin and up to its eyes and beak--apparently edged in black--and had a beautiful golden yellow wingbar with black in the wings too.  The top of the head and back were whitish and did not have the characteristic red and black at the forehead and back of the head.  

We tried to take photos and watched it for several minutes come and go with the flock--but didn't see it return.

It was at our feeder line  on River Road in Lyme, 1/2 mile south of East Thetford.

Ann and Hal

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Ann Barry Flood, Ph.D.
Professor of Radiology, Community and Family Medicine and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
Associate Director for Human Factors
EPR Center for the Study of Viable Systems at Dartmouth
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
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Lebanon NH 03766
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