These are the American, Lesser and Lawrence’s goldfinch ... with trees and shrubs and usually place their nest four to 10 feet high, often near a water source. American goldfinches will use almost any ...

Throughout Marin, there is a little yellow bird that the modern books miscall the lesser goldfinch. Miscall, because this bird is “lesser” in nothing but the insignificant comparison of size.

We talked to the experts about the best types of feeders, seeds, plants, water sources ... a conservation scientist and naturalist. Lesser Goldfinch: Seen in the western and southwestern parts ...

Males are very distinct from other goldfinch species ... A very pale female lesser can show whitish undertail coverts, but it has a different wing pattern than all Americans and is always greener ...

The bright yellow plumage of male goldfinches is a sure sign of spring. American and lesser goldfinches are common backyard birds and year-round residents of California. The easiest way to ...

How to identify: Lesser goldfinches are tiny, stub-billed songbirds with long, pointed wings and short, notched tails. Males are bright yellow below with a glossy black cap and white patches in ...

A bird identified as a lesser goldfinch was spotted and photographed at feeders last week near the Agassiz Valley Impoundment 8 miles southeast of Warren, Minn., reports Heidi Hughes of the ...

All other plumages can be separated from the lesser goldfinch by their bolder wing pattern and white undertail coverts. The female Lawrence’s goldfinch is gray like a nonbreeding adult female ...

Sightings of the lesser goldfinch are increasing in the Yakima ... Over the past few years, it has spread north from its stronghold near Lyle in the Oregon white oak zone up the Snake River ...