American Goldfinches
Take a good look at the goldfinches at our feeders over the next few weeks and you will witness a remarkable change in the males. They will change from their drab winter color of grayish-brown with sometimes a hint of yellow, to a mottled mess of golden yellow and that same drab grayish-brown, and finally end up with a bright and dazzling golden yellow with white and black trim – no hint of that drab-grayish brown anywhere. This spring and summer male goldfinch is truly spectacular. The female will change from an even more drab grayish-brown winter color to a more grayish-olive with possibly some yellow tints here and there. Not too much of a change and she is nowhere as gorgeous as the male.
We have at least a dozen goldfinches at the feeders right now – off and on all day long. Watch our camera and you will have a ‘bird’s eye view’ of this dazzling change.