American Goldfinch
Washington County, Minnesota, 2003
4.8 inches long, 8.8 inches wing span
0.5 ounces
Unlike most songbirds in Minnesota, the American Goldfinch nests primarily in August—after most other birds have completed their nesting—due to the availability of its primary nestling foods, the seeds of thistle plants and some insects.
Plumes from thistles make up much of the nest construction and nests are often located in thistle plants.
After nesting, males molt into a dull-colored plumage similar to females. Flocks assemble in the fall and winter to locate and forage in any direction where food sources can be found. We can help them by filling our bird feeders with thistle, sunflower seeds or seeds of certain trees, shrubs or weeds.
Click here to hear recordings of calls and songs of American Goldfinches.
Click here to watch videos of goldfinches in natural settings.
Click here to learn more information about these interesting birds.
Here's your chance to be a museum label writer. Use the form below to write your own description of this bird. Be creative and share what you think is really important about this bird that other people should know? Just don't write "I think it's cool!"
I love to bird watch now i am enspired. ps my name is really the state you r in
I have seen this bird. I want to lean more to. I love its colors to.
vibrant black and yellow bird!!!!!
This bird is very colorful! It is a very beautiful bird, and because of the black wings... it really makes it's chest stand out!
This bid looks like chese. I like cheese
I like the birds vibrant colors. I also like its eyes. I would like to learn more about it. (P.S. it looks like cheese.)
Lol, it looks like cheese? Great explination....ha!
Hi! My mom is obsessed with birds so like yay!
These can b found most anywhere in this part of the country.
(I like cheese)
The American Goldfinch is a small yellow bird with black wings covered in white splotches.Apart from the physical description, the goldfinch nests mainly in August. This is a primary nesting time, due to the availibility of food and other essential resourses.
Having fun in the sun chirpety chirp chirp!
It's feathers ae varitions of yellow. And I think they are cool!!!! ha
i think goldfinches are really brightly colored, and, yes,randomguy,they do look like cheese....
my cat caught this bird
my cat almost caught one but my friend and i coaght her and saved the bird
Banana on a stick
it has yellow feathers
what do birds eat
What do these birds eat
gold finches are great colored birds
i wunder what birds eat.
the goldflinch is so gold-a-ful
teh blrd is creepy
brids eat worms
beautful
why did you kill a bird?
It's likely this bird crashed into a window and died. A volunteer from the museum brought this specimen here after finding it dead near her home.
smart.
A BIRD DIED BY CRASHING INTO A WINDOW? COOL!
i love goldfinches. i saw one today!
pretty bird
never keep goldfinchs as pets!
I love this kind of bird iit is now one of my fav song birds
golden glory
sharp beak
it has a beautiful yellow color
it has sharp claws
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