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    Bird watchers

    While walking through the woods today I stumbled upon the site where a bird was recently killed. There was obviously a struggle. The predator left no tracks which sucks because I like to try and figure out what animal was there(we have fox, wolf, bear, and everything in between). Anyway, the flight feathers were black and yellow and about 5 inches long. The other feathers were white and black barred. I can't think of any birds around here that fit that description. No warblers here have yellow wings, no orioles. Can any birders think of a bird with yellow wings that I'm not thinking of? I'm beginning to think it was a non-native or domestic bird.
    "There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion."

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    This is the only bird I can think of, even though you didn't mention any red.

    http://www.coffeecreekwc.org/photos/...ird_(male).jpg

    Did you see the bird's body? Maybe it's beak shape? That might help jog my brain.

    ETA:

    Could possibly be a Meadowlark:
    http://www.lewis-clark.org/media/ima...eadowlark.jpg\

    or a Golden Finch
    http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?im...%3D1%26hl%3Den

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    None of those. No body, thank the lord. The feathers are all yellow with an inch of black on the end. Yellow veins throughout.
    "There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion."

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