Populations of the lesser goldfinch, native to the American Southwest, are traveling northward, likely because of the changing climate and landscape modification, according to a Cornell University ...

Lesser goldfinches are in the Santa Fe area all during nesting season but their population has really exploded lately. Young goldfinches have fledged and activity at thistle feeders is off the ...

One of San Diego County’s most delightful and colorful birds is the lesser goldfinch. They are highly social little rockets of color that will bring joyful chatter to your backyard bird feeder.

Lesser goldfinches are common in and around Santa Fe in the summer months. It’s not uncommon to see these small, yellow finches in the winter, as we are just on the northern edge of their winter ...

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 the wings ...

New research shows that Lesser Goldfinches, a small songbird traditionally found in Southwest USA, are expanding their range northward through the Pacific Northwest at an unprecedented rate ...

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 ...

Our goldfinch is one of three goldfinch species in North America; the other two are western birds — lesser goldfinch and Lawrence's goldfinch. All are members of the same family as siskins and ...

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.

While watching lesser goldfinches in the Hill Country recently, I thought about how festive they seemed this time of year. It was as if they were ready to celebrate spring even in the middle of a ...

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 ...