This photo shows a male American goldfinch in winter plumage. During summer the male American goldfinch is a bright yellow with a black cap and mostly black wings. American goldfinches eat small ...

Goldfinches are what ornithologists call dimorphic, both sexually and seasonally. This means the birds are different in appearance male to female and season to season.

Learn what an American goldfinch looks like and sounds like and what this bird eats. Also find out why goldfinches look different in winter.

That’s because both goldfinches appear in a variety of yellow-green-gold-olive outfits that define the word “variable.” Yes, adult male American goldfinches are unmistakable.

Pick the right feeder: The best options for goldfinches are a tube or hopper feeder, says Chris Earley, a zoologist and ...

At #19 last winter was the lesser goldfinch, and they’ve been hitting our thistle feeder for a few weeks now. Most of these birds are in some form of drab green and dull yellow, each one a ...

But this is a ruse! The male goldfinches are still here, but they have opted for a costume change that makes them far less visible. WINTER PLUMAGE The American goldfinch is a gregarious species during ...

House finches also live here year round and will come to feeders." We've enjoyed both brilliantly colored goldfinches in our backyard this winter, but not many as many finches as usual.

At #19 last winter was the lesser goldfinch, and they’ve been hitting our thistle feeder for a few weeks now. Most of these birds are in some form of drab green and dull yellow, each one a ...