American Goldfinch - First Day of Fall
by Chad Meyer
Title
American Goldfinch - First Day of Fall
Artist
Chad Meyer
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
Got out for a small birding walk on the first day of fall which felt so good due to the lower temperatures. I happen to notice a flock of american goldfinches in a small part of the meadow area and captured this beautiful goldfinch. I gave it autumn like treatment in post processing. Taken in Forsyth County which is located in Winston Salem, North Carolina.
This handsome little finch, the state bird of New Jersey, Iowa, and Washington, is welcome and common at feeders, where it takes primarily sunflower and nyjer. Goldfinches often flock with Pine Siskins and Common Redpolls. Spring males are brilliant yellow and shiny black with a bit of white. Females and all winter birds are more dull but identifiable by their conical bill; pointed, notched tail; wingbars; and lack of streaking. During molts they look bizarrely patchy.
Goldfinches are usually easy to find throughout much of North America, except in deep forests. Their po-ta-to-chip flight call is draws attention to them in open country. They’re most abundant in areas with thistle plants, and near feeders.
American Goldfinches breed later than most North American birds. They wait to nest until June or July when milkweed, thistle, and other plants have produced their fibrous seeds, which goldfinches incorporate into their nests and also feed their young.
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September 25th, 2022
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