Probably, the American goldfinch should have been included in last week's column. It's another good starter bird, like the yellow warbler. It shouldn't be confused with the yellow warbler, though. 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 ...

Colors tend to be a confused issue in the bird world. Actually it’s in the bird-watcher world one finds the confusion. Birds don’t seem to have problems with the concept. Do you have any trouble ...

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. I prefer ...

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 distinguish ...

If you hang a bird feeder outside your home, there’s a good chance that your first visitor will be some kind of finch. We have five kinds of finches in Marin: the reddish house finch and purple finch, ...

In pondering my last ten years in the wild bird specialty business, I know northern Nevada customers’ favorite bird has to be the Lesser Goldfinch. When there is an abundance of goldfinch at feeders, ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- At dusk on a perfect, low-humidity summer evening -- in a lushly planted rooftop garden in Tompkinsville -- a fast-moving, tiny flash of bright yellow caught the eye of Carol ...

Quiz question: Name a bright yellow bird, one that seems invariably chipper, has an unusual diet, moves around in flocks of its own kind and lives among us in disguise all winter. If “male American ...

In my continuing watch for more signs of spring, I see the daffodils and rhubarb are up, my neighbor's crocuses and snowdrops are blooming, the pileated woodpeckers are drumming in the woods, and the ...