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	NatureWorks - American Goldfinch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		During mating season the male goldfinch has a bright yellow body, fl wings with white stripes, a fl cap on its head, and a white rump.
		The goldfinch can be found year round on the upper east coast, on the west coast and in the mid-section of the United States.
		The American goldfinch lives in weedy fields and floodplains as well as cultivated land, orchards and gardens.
	www.nhptv.org /natureworks/goldfinch.htm (346 words)

	Wildlife and Nature: American Goldfinch - British Columbia.com
		The American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis is easily detected in the spring or summer as a flash of yellow, flying with an undulating motion and calling perchicoree, perchicoree.
		American Goldfinches and their eggs fall prey to a variety of predators including cats, weasels, snakes, squirrels, jays, and Sharp-shinned and Cooper's hawks.
		Although the Breeding Bird Survey designates the American Goldfinch as common, results of the survey showed a decline in the breeding populations of American Goldfinches in the Maritimes, central and southern Ontario and Quebec, and the central Prairies from 1966 to 1983.
	www.britishcolumbia.com /WildLife/wildlife/birds/cw/cw_americangoldfinch.html (1841 words)

	American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
		The American Goldfinch lays 4 to 6 pale blue or bluish white eggs.
		Goldfinches are usually monogamous for each breeding season, but will change mates from one year to the next.
		Goldfinches are highly gregarious and will usually flock together during the nonbreeding season.
	www.nenature.com /AmericanGoldfinch.htm (346 words)

	American Goldfinch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Goldfinches were seen by Pat Mattson on several occasions in August,2000 in trees in the wooded area near the marshland behind French Hall.
		The goldfinch mates and nests later in the summer than most other birds.This behavior may be in part be related to the fact that the goldfinch, which is a seed feeder for the most part, feeds primarily on thistle seeds,which ripen at this time and can be fed to young goldfinches.
		The beak of the goldfinch is adapted for seed-eating, since it is broad and strong.
	www.mv.com /ipusers/env/goldfinch.html (210 words)

	Angela Griffa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The American Goldfinch maybe is better known as the wild canary, or to the scientific community as the Carduelis tritis!
		The coloring of the goldfinches plays an important roll in their mating and daily lives, the males are a brighter color were as the females are a much more drab coloring.
		Goldfinches are very widely populated and don’t live in fear of extinction.
	richland.uwc.edu /Depts/Biology/accounts/AmericanGoldfinch.htm (1054 words)

	American Goldfinch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Eastern or American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) is a typical North American seed-eating member of the finch (Fringillidae) family, averaging 11 cm in length.
		As winter approaches, the goldfinch moves short distances towards the south.
		The American Goldfinch lays four to six bluish white eggs, roughly the size of peanuts.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_Goldfinch (324 words)

	Hinterland Who's Who - American Goldfinch
		The male American Goldfinch feeds its mate as if she were a nestling when she is warming the eggs.
		The American Goldfinch is easily detected in the spring or summer as a flash of yellow, flying with an undulating motion and calling perchicoree, perchicoree.
		American Goldfinches and their eggs are vulnerable to a variety of predators, including cats, weasels, snakes, squirrels, jays, and Sharp-shinned and Cooper’s hawks.
	www.hww.ca /hww2.asp?id=24 (2077 words)

	The Aviary: American Goldfinch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The breeding male is bright yellow with a white rump, fl forehead, white edges on fl wings and tail, and yellow at bend of wing.
		Goldfinches travel in flocks; the flight is undulating.
		Late in the summer, the female goldfinch lays 4 or 5 pale blue eggs in a well-made cup of grass, bark strips and thistle down.
	aviary.owls.com /goldfinch/goldfinch.html (138 words)

	Birds of Nova Scotia - American Goldfinch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Goldfinches are widely distributed in summer, perhaps more often seen in agricultural areas than in areas remote from human habitation.
		The American Goldfinch is a late nester the birds usually begin to lay about mid-July and continue as late as early September, but occasionally nest construction is under way in early June.
		The Yellow Warbler, which approximates it in size, is yellow all over and lacks the fl wings and cap of the goldfinch; the bill of the warbler is slender, that of the goldfinch is short and stubby.
	museum.gov.ns.ca /mnh/nature/nsbirds/bns0409.htm (573 words)

	American Goldfinch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		American Goldfinches are approximately 5 inches (12 centimeters) in length.
		In the spring and summer, the male American Goldfinch is unmistakable with its fl cap and bright yellow breeding plumage.
		American Goldfinches are the most frequently reported finch found by Project FeederWatch participants, appearing at 69 percent of all feeders in 1997.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /BOW/AMGO (263 words)

	Birds, Familiar: American Goldfinch, Life Histories of North American Birds, A.C. Bent
		Spring.--Spring is not the goldfinch's spring, in the sense that spring is the beginning of a breeding season, because the goldfinch does not build its nest until summer is well advanced when many of its favorite plants have gone to seed.
		She distinguishes him, evidently by voice, from other male goldfinches who fly about the vicinity dropping their little silver coins of sound; and when she hears her partner and is hungry, she calls out from the nest to attract his attention.
		Young.--Henry Mousley (1930a) in a careful study of the nest life of the goldfinch stresses the point that the young birds are fed at long intervals, according to his experience much longer than is the case in wood warblers.
	home.bluemarble.net /~pqn/ch41-50/goldfinch.html (7763 words)

	BirdWeb - Bird Details (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		American Goldfinches can generally be found in brushy and weedy habitats at the edges of fields, rivers, and hedgerows, especially when thistle is present.
		Flocks are common outside of the breeding season, and American Goldfinches often flock with redpolls and Pine Siskins.
		American Goldfinches are common from mid-April to mid-October in appropriate habitat throughout Washington's lowlands.
	birdweb.org /birdweb/bird_details.aspx?id=463 (630 words)

	BioKIDS: American goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) : Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		American goldfinches drink by obtaining a mouthful of water and quickly tipping their heads back, in order to swallow.
		Goldfinches are enjoyed by birdwatchers at their feeders, thus helping to support a large and widespread hobby.
		At present, American Goldfinches population is not decreasing; on the contrary, it is believed that European settlement of North America has benefitted American Goldfinches though the introduction of agriculture and clearance of forests.
	www.biokids.umich.edu /critters/information/Carduelis_tristis (999 words)

	All About Birds
		A familiar and abundant small colorful bird, the American Goldfinch is frequently found in weedy fields and visiting feeders.
		The American Goldfinch changes from winter plumage to breeding plumage by a complete molt of its body feathers.
		The American Goldfinch is mostly monogamous, but a number of females switch mates after producing a first brood.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/American_Goldfinch.html#fig1 (278 words)

	American Goldfinch
		The American Goldfinch, or wild canary, is a delightful visitor to backyards where thistle seed is offered.
		There is a significant age and sex difference in the pattern of white on the tail feathers of the American Goldfinch.
		The American Goldfinch is one of the latest breeders of all temperate zone passerines (Middleton 1993).
	www.wbu.com /chipperwoods/photos/goldfinch.htm (969 words)

	SDNHM Focus on American, Lawrence's, and Lesser Goldfinches
		In spring American Goldfinches replace their body feathers but not their wing feathers so that by summer their wingbars are worn down and may be no wider than the Lesser's.
		The bill of the American is larger than the Lesser's and pale at all seasons, dull yellowish in winter, almost orange in the summer male.
		In contrast to the American Goldfinch, Lawrence's is concentrated in the mountains and inland valleys and seldom occurs within 10 miles of the coast.
	www.sdnhm.org /research/birdatlas/focus/goldfinches.html (1346 words)

	Species-Specific Management (SSM)
		The American goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) is valued primarily for its aesthetic importance to nature-lovers and bird watchers.
		Because the American goldfinch is important to many people for both aesthetic and scientific reasons, there are several actions to take to improve the goldfinch's chances for success.
		During their nesting season, goldfinches feed primarily on the seeds of composite plants (Asteraceae), such as the many species of thistle and sunflower.
	fwie.fw.vt.edu /rhgiles/SpeciesSSM/GoldFin.htm (1124 words)

	American Goldfinch
		Goldfinches live in mixed flocks and bound through the air in deeply undulating flight.
		American Goldfinches live coast to coast from Southern Canada through most of the United States.
		When nesting season is over, the goldfinches come together and form flocks that live together and fill the air with their cheerful songs.
	www.iwrc-online.org /kids/Facts/Birds/goldfinch.htm (461 words)

	New Jersey State Bird - Washington State Bird - Iowa State Bird - American Goldfinch
		The flight of the American Goldfinch is exactly similar to that of the European bird of the same name, being performed in deep curved lines, alternately rising and falling, after each propelling motion of the wings.
		The male approaches, passes and repasses on the wing at a respectful distance from the intruder, in deeper curves than usual, uttering its ordinary note, and when the unwelcome visitant has departed, flies with joy to his nest, accompanied by the female, who presently resumes her occupation.
		The food of the American Goldfinch consists chiefly of seeds of the hemp, the sun-flower, the lettuce, and various species of thistle.
	www.50states.com /bird/goldfinc.htm (1432 words)

	EEK! - American Goldfinch
		The male goldfinch, easily recognized in the summer by its yellow body and fl wings, loses much of its brilliance during the cold seasons when it turns light brown and looks like the female.
		Goldfinches can be found in Wisconsin throughout the year, but during the winter they're not as common in the north.
		Goldfinches like thistle seeds, hulled sunflower seeds, and oil-type sunflower seeds.
	www.dnr.state.wi.us /org/caer/ce/eek/critter/bird/birdposter/gfinch.htm (75 words)

	February 2001 Bird of the Month - American Goldfinch
		Goldfinches seem to be amiable and social birds.
		The American goldfinch breeds across southern Canada and in all but the most southerly portions of the United States and spends the winter months from the northern tier of states to Mexico.
		The American goldfinch is the state bird of New Jersey, Washington and Iowa.
	www.passporttotexas.com /birds/feb01.html (520 words)

	American Goldfinch
		With its short, heavy, conical beak, the American Goldfinch is typical of North American seed-eating birds that are members of the finch (
		The American Goldfinch is the only cardueline finch to acquire its breeding plumage by molt.
		Thus, completion of molt rather than food availability may determine the timing of breeding, although the abundance of seeds in late summer may be important in ensuring larger supplies of food for the young than would be obtainable in May or June.
	www.shawcreekbirdsupply.com /american_goldfinch_info.htm (1461 words)

	BML American Goldfinch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Nonbreeding female American goldfinches are yellow-brown with fl wings and two wingbars.
		The song of the American goldfinch is long and clear.
		When American goldfinches fly, they dip and then come up again, instead of just flying in a straight line.
	www.nae.usace.army.mil /recreati/bml/bmlamericangoldfinch.html (156 words)

	american goldfinch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The American Goldfinch is a small bird, growing up to five inches long.
		American Goldfinches are interesting to observe while they eat, because they have great balance and can perch on any stem while twisting their bodies to get to seeds or fruit.
		Goldfinches migrate with the change of seasons, but here in Virginia they stay year-round.
	www.fcps.k12.va.us /StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mpages/american_goldfinch.htm (332 words)

	FifthDayCreations - American Goldfinch
		Goldfinches are believed to be year round residents of most of North America.
		American Goldfinches can be found living in areas with weedy grasslands or thickets with nearby trees.
		American Goldfinches mate late in summer, near the time of nest building.
	www.fifthdaycreations.com /article/goldfinch.asp (399 words)

	The Aviary: American Goldfinch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This little plush goldfinch is made by Wild Republic and is part of their Audubon Bird series.
		The American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) is common in flocks in weedy
		Goldfinches breed from southern British Columbia east to Newfoundland and south to California, Utah, southern Colorado, central Oklahoma, Arkansas, and the Carolinas.
	www.jeannieshouse.com /aviary/goldfinch/goldfinch.html (174 words)

	American Goldfinch - Whatbird.com
		American Goldfinch: Small, noisy finch with a bright yellow body, fl cap, wings, and tail, and white rump and undertail coverts.
		American Goldfinch: Breeds from southern British Columbia east to Newfoundland and south to California, Utah, southern Colorado, central Oklahoma, Arkansas, and the Carolinas.
		● Breeding and nesting: American Goldfinch: Four to five pale blue eggs are laid in a well-made cup of grass, bark strips, and plant down, and built in a small sapling or shrub.
	identify.whatbird.com /obj/91/_/target.aspx (580 words)

	American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
		The American goldfinch male is well known, with its bright yellow body contrasting with fl wings and a fl cap.
		Goldfinches feed primarily on seeds but feed insects to their young.
		The goldfinch is one of the most common birds at winter feeding stations in Michigan.
	www.michigan.gov /dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12145_12202-61327--,00.html (110 words)

	American Goldfinch
		This group consists of the Greenfinches, Siskins, Linnets, Redpolls, and Goldfinches.
		American goldfinch in the same family of finches as canaries, Fringillidae, but a different species.
		the "lazy trill" of the orange-crowned warbler or that "plaintive, downward slurred note" of the lesser goldfinch not to be confused with the "rapid sputtering" of the American goldfinch."
	www.finchworld.com /Birds/Finch/Goldfinch/American (105 words)

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		The American Goldfinch is a small bird with a short notched tail and a small cone shaped beak.
		American Goldfinch is a vibrant lemon yellow, with a fl forehead, crown and lores.
		The American Goldfinch is a daytime feeder and it almost always dines in the company of others.
	www.sewanee.edu /biology/courses/Bio201/98projects/gold.html (712 words)

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