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american goldfinch

  1. C

    Odd Behavior of Newly Fledged American Goldfinches

    Is it unusual for a fledgling American Goldfinch to be unafraid of humans? Every spring there’s one or more of these little guys who lets my husband come right up to them at the bird feeder. Last year, one of them let my husband pet it on its head. Yesterday one let my husband pick it up and...
    • Cynthia R.
    • Thread
    • american goldfinch approachable backyard bold brain damage fearless feeder fledgling goldfinch hold human touch juvenile pet touch unafraid
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Bird Behaviour
  2. female American Goldfinch

    female American Goldfinch

    This lovely goldfinch has been a visitor around my house in Southern Oregon with the recent advent of warmer Spring temperatures.
    • MiguelATF
    • Media item
    • american goldfinch canon finch goldfinch oregon sx70
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: North America
  3. American Goldfinch - Lesser Goldfinch

    American Goldfinch - Lesser Goldfinch

    2/3 of the genus Spinus. The lighter colored bird on top is the American goldfinch. Pretty neat of them to hang out together.
    • MelospizaMelodiaFan
    • Media item
    • american goldfinch lesser goldfinch
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: North America
  4. American Goldfinch, immature

    American Goldfinch, immature

    Had to look this one up, even though everything else told me goldfinch, I didn't know they went through this coloring. I love the rusty orange secondary tips and back coverts.
    • dak
    • Media item
    • american goldfinch finches forsythe
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: North America
  5. American goldfinch

    American goldfinch

    Connecticut residents, including our feathered friends, look forward to the annual sunflower blooms. As folks from all over descend on the fields for selfies, birds like this American goldfinch come to feast on the fall seeds. This is Auger's Field in North Branford, Connecticut. Of their many...
    • Barbie Heid
    • Media item
    • (spinus tristis american goldfinch american goldfinch (male) backyard birds birds of connecticut birds of new england backyard birds birds of north america finch goldfinch migratory birds small yellow bird songbirds yellow bird
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: North America
  6. American Goldfinch

    American Goldfinch

    This is my state bird, and it's a female.
    • tetoneon
    • Media item
    • american goldfinch carduelis tristis
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: North America
  7. American Goldfinch (male) on Nodding Thistle

    American Goldfinch (male) on Nodding Thistle

    American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis tristis) male. Eating thistle seeds from Nodding Thistle.
    • Stanley Jones
    • Media item
    • american goldfinch arapahoe county cherry creek state park colorado denver spinus tristis subsp. tristis usa
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: North America
  8. birduser

    Abandoned Railroad and the Batten Kill River

    The Batten Kill River can be deep or shallow in the summer enough for a person to walk around in. The area I walked in was really shallow and then I heard a Belted Kingfisher call and got a few pictures of it on a dead tree branch across the river. That was the first ever time I've seen a Belted...
    • birduser
    • Thread
    • american goldfinch barred owl belted kingfisher (m) eastern wood pewee mourning dove northern cardinal red-winged blackbird
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Your Birding Day
  9. American goldfinch

    American goldfinch

    American goldfinch never fails to brighten the day.
    • MergusSerrator
    • Media item
    • american goldfinch franklin twp nj spinus tristism
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: North America
  10. American Goldfinch Male

    American Goldfinch Male

    A few years ago someone gave me a set of old manual (film era) Pentax lenses and a few third party K mount manual lenses. Among them was a Sunagor 400mm F5.6. The only interchangeable lens camera I have is a Nikon1 so I bought an adaptor so I could use the old Pentax lenses. With the crop factor...
    • wonderview
    • Media item
    • american goldfinch spinus tristis
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: North America
  11. American Goldfinch

    American Goldfinch

    Unlike other finches, the American Goldfinch has two body molts each year with distinctive summer and winter plumage. They are drab brown in the winter but the males turn bright yellow each spring. The yellow color is acquired by pigments in their diet and females reportedly prefer to mate with...
    • jmorlan
    • Media item
    • american goldfinch california spinus tristis usa
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: North America
  12. Coming into color

    Coming into color

    Spring males are brilliant yellow and shiny black with a bit of white. And he's almost to that point.
    • KC Foggin
    • Media item
    • american goldfinch male myrtle beach sc spinus tristis usa
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: North America
  13. American goldfinch

    American goldfinch

    There were at least six American Goldfinches at this feeder, often at the same time.
    • mikeshaw1
    • Media item
    • american goldfinch goldfinch spinus tristis
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: North America
  14. So darn colorful

    So darn colorful

    American Goldfinch
    • KC Foggin
    • Media item
    • american goldfinch male myrtle beach sc spinus tristis usa
    • Comments: 17
    • Category: North America
  15. Male American goldfinch

    Male American goldfinch

    • katastrofa
    • Media item
    • american goldfinch canada male park spinus tristis urban vancouver
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  16. Male American goldfinch

    Male American goldfinch

    • katastrofa
    • Media item
    • american goldfinch canada male park spinus tristis vancouver
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: North America
  17. So darn beautiful

    So darn beautiful

    Male American Goldfinch
    • KC Foggin
    • Media item
    • american goldfinch male myrtle beach sc spinus trisitis usa
    • Comments: 19
    • Category: North America
  18. American goldfinch

    American goldfinch

    American goldfinch
    • MergusSerrator
    • Media item
    • american goldfinch bedminster new jersey nj spinus tristis
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  19. Handsome Dude

    Handsome Dude

    • KC Foggin
    • Media item
    • american goldfinch myrtle beach sc usa spinus tristis
    • Comments: 20
    • Category: North America
  20. American Goldfinch

    American Goldfinch

    Female goldfinch
    • jrcummins84
    • Media item
    • american goldfinch illinois spinus tristis
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  21. Golden jewel

    Golden jewel

    American Goldfinch (male)
    • KC Foggin
    • Media item
    • american goldfinch south carolina spinus tristis usa
    • Comments: 21
    • Category: North America
  22. American Goldfinch, male

    American Goldfinch, male

    Thanks for all your kind words on my pictures. Have a great day
    • Deerbird
    • Media item
    • american goldfinch carduelis tristis kentucky male
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: North America
  23. American goldfinch

    American goldfinch

    • MergusSerrator
    • Media item
    • 12bb american goldfinch new jersey spinus tristis usa
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: North America
  24. American Goldfinch, female

    American Goldfinch, female

    American Goldfinch
    • Danielbirdwatcher
    • Media item
    • american goldfinch carduelis tristis summerville south carolina usa
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: North America
  25. American Goldfinch

    American Goldfinch

    They look even prettier with the new tree grown for Spring.
    • Danielbirdwatcher
    • Media item
    • american goldfinch south carolina spinus tristis usa
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: North America
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