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, ...

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 ...

Washington's state bird is the Willow Goldfinch, a flash of brilliant yellow that turns up in backyard feeders, weedy fields, and wetland edges across the state. Learn how to identify it, when ...

This brightly-coloured finch looks somewhat more exotic than the usual garden bird fare we're used to in Britain, but is a pretty common visitor, especially to those places with ready seed supplies ...

Have you seen a lemon ball hurling through your yard and then landing on the bird feeder? It catches your eye. Most likely it is the American goldfinch. Finches will appear at feeders any time during ...

The repetitive and loud call of the Northern Flicker was the dominant sound coming from the woods. The large, decorative woodpecker was close and when it called, nothing else in the woods could be ...

Although it is just a little creature, its bright colours and liquid, twittering song make it pretty much unmistakable. And thankfully nature lovers are this year spotting ever more goldfinches in our ...

It's that time of year when feeder hosts ask, "Where are the goldfinches?" Be assured that goldfinch populations, estimated at 42 million, face no serious threat. While goldfinches wander the ...

Freud never said that sometimes a cigar is only a cigar, but whoever did so was right. Can an image with considerable iconic suggestiveness be only itself? Can a goldfinch be only a bird? The famous ...

The peanuts for our bird feeders, bought at the Westport co-op, came from Argentina in a 50kg sack that took both of us to haul from the car boot into a wheelbarrow. Bulk purchase saves money and time ...