July 2024 - Dallas TX Area

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I had posted this on the old forum, but I don't think I ever got a consensus from the members.

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Female / immature Indigo Bunting?
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Bump?
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Looks like a raggedy goldfinch to me.
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The Bird Nuts wrote: Thu Mar 19, 2026 4:50 pm Looks like a raggedy goldfinch to me.
If so, it would be the only one we've seen in July here. They're a winter visitor for us.

I think it's an odd individual, whatever it is. Brown-headed Cowbird, perhaps. The females often have that white line at the bottom of the wing.
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The Bird Nuts wrote: Thu Mar 19, 2026 4:50 pm Looks like a raggedy goldfinch to me.
That was my first impression.
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