A Soaking Wet Goldfinch

A big storm blew this plastic bag into my tree, and also this bedraggled little American Goldfinch. There are no documented cases of American Goldfinch x Pine Siskin hybrids, but it's easy to imagine that this is what one would look like.

Look what the storm blew in!

Like a Goldfinch with a Siskin's back. No streaking on underparts.

Even the other Goldfinch looks confused.

The tail is pure American Goldfinch ... and I mean that literally and figuratively.

Soaked down to the skin, and a nice little study of finches and siskins ensued. Stay dry little bird.