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American Goldfinch

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Field Notes

Description:

Yellow bird with black wings and tail. Flies in an interesting motion; flaps a bit then coasts a bit in a long wave pattern. Likes sunflower seeds, apparently!

Habitat:

Urban vegetable garden.

Notes:

Been here 5 years and never seen one of these before!

Species ID Suggestions

American Goldfinch

Carduelis tristis

Comments (2)

Don't cut your sunflowers. Goldfiinches LOVE dried sunflowers still in the sunflower flower head. They might be migrating because I do not usually see them either in Altanta, GA. I have been here 7 years and saw these within the past 2 weeks. You can feed them seed in a feeder, but they love my sunflowers too. Male from yesterday: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7184865 Female from August: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7147106
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PublishedJuly 28, 2011

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