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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

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KevinRoss
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Comments (2)
HeatherMiller
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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