Breeding male - ML306710541 — Breeding male © Darren Clark eBird S58837794 Macaulay Library ML 172924761

Nonbreeding male - ML63737391 — Nonbreeding male © Matt Davis

Breeding female - ML63737331 — Breeding female © Jay McGowan

Immature - ML306711931 — Immature © Jonathan Irons

Molting male - ML306711081 — Molting male © Scott Martin

Female/immature - ML63737351 — Female/immature © Tim Lenz

Breeding male - ML306710711 — Breeding male © Ian Routley

In flight - ML306710611 — In flight © Doug Gochfeld

Breeding female - ML306721311 — Breeding female © Don Blecha

Molting male - ML306711021 — Molting male © Tony Dvorak

Breeding male - ML306711221 — Breeding male © Mason Maron

Male and female - ML306710621 — Male and female © Daniel Irons

Adult and juvenile - ML306710631 — Adult and juvenile © Sunil Thirkannad

Flock - ML63737341 — Flock © Robert Dixon

American Goldfinch Spinus tristis

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Identification

Small finch. Sharply pointed bill is pink in summer, grayish-brown in winter. Small head, long wings, and short, notched tail. Adult males in spring and summer are bright yellow with black forehead and wings. Females are dull yellow below and olive above with two distinct wingbars. In winter, they are drab, buffy-brown. Active and acrobatic. Sometimes in large numbers at feeders or on ground below. Found in weedy fields, cultivated areas, roadsides, orchards, and backyards.

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