The vast majority of native bird nesting takes place in spring, right after the trees green up and the flowers start to bloom. The spring nesting season feels like a frantic rush to quickly build a ...

Their nesting seasons over, ruby-throated hummingbirds, purple martins, orchard orioles and several other migratory songbirds in Georgia already are embarking on their fall journeys to winter homes in ...

Bird experts share their best tips on how to attract goldfinches to your garden. Knowing how to attract goldfinches to your backyard is about more than setting up any old bird feeder. These gorgeous ...

For many species of birds, the business of courtship, egg-laying, brooding and feeding young is over. But not for American goldfinches. And so as summer wanes, the time of the goldfinches begins.

Right now in the middle of July there’s not a lot of bird activity to be seen. Most birds, with a few exceptions, are done nesting, and both the adults and young are out moving around, mostly away ...

There are three species of goldfinches found across North America. These are the American, Lesser and Lawrence’s goldfinch. Goldfinches are sometimes referred to as wild canaries, but are actually in ...

American goldfinches are one of the most widespread and common birds we have here in Wisconsin. Goldfinches are one of the few birds whose diet consists mostly of seed. For that reason, goldfinches ...

At the time of the summer when most birds are finishing their nesting season or even beginning to migrate, American goldfinches are just starting their nest building. Nest materials are fastened to ...

American goldfinches are one of the most widespread and common birds we have here in Wisconsin. Goldfinches are one of the few birds whose diet consists mostly of seed. For that reason, goldfinches ...

In a breeding study of a marked goldfinch population, 22 nests (9.4%) were parasitized by the cowbird. Although 4 cowbird eggs hatched from the 26 laid, no cowbirds fledged from a goldfinch nest. The ...

Goldfinches didn't get the nesting memo. The other birds did. They know to build their nests and start laying eggs in spring. The American goldfinch (Spinus tristis) waits until summer is in full ...