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  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   (276 words)

  
 British Garden Birds - Goldfinch
The Goldfinch is a remarkably colourful finch: red face, white cheeks, fl crown, golden brown body, and a bright yellow wing bar on fl wings.
Goldfinches used to be commonly kept as caged birds because of their colourful plumage and enchanting singing.
The Goldfinches are recovering from a serious decline in the 1980's, and so they are subject to a Medium BTO Alert.
www.garden-birds.co.uk /birds/goldfinch.htm   (411 words)

  
 Angela Griffa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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.
This goldfinch only had a broad band of yellow on its wings, and its face is bright red while its back is brown.
Goldfinches are very widely populated and don’t live in fear of extinction.
richland.uwc.edu /Depts/Biology/accounts/AmericanGoldfinch.htm   (1054 words)

  
 birds template   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Goldfinch is the name of several kinds of small, short-tailed birds.
The European goldfinch, which lives throughout Europe, was introduced to New York in the late 1800's but is no longer found wild in North America.
Goldfinches are genus Carduelis in the finch family, Fringillidae.
www.worldbook.com /features/birds/html/types_song_finch_types.html   (1920 words)

  
 State Birds - Eastern Goldfinch - Iowa and New Jersey
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.
So much does the song of our Goldfinch resemble that of the European species, that whilst in France and England, I have frequently thought, and with pleasure thought, that they were the notes of our own bird which I heard.
The nest also is perfectly similar to that of the European bird, being externally composed of various lichens fastened together by saliva, and lined with the softest substances.
www.flyingmobiles.com /html/statebirds/eastern_goldfinch.htm   (1425 words)

  
 European Goldfinch
The goldfinch tends to mingle with House Finches (a flock of ~500).
European Goldfinches, unlike some other varieties of pet finches, are not easy to breed in captivity.
European Goldfinches are migratory, typically short distance but they do tend to wander in winter.
www.umd.umich.edu /dept/rouge_river/eugo2.html   (635 words)

  
 American Goldfinch - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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.
An experimental test of the concealment hypothesis using American Goldfinch nests.
American goldfinch: Carduelis tristis (Birds of North America)
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /american_goldfinch.htm   (292 words)

  
 ChristStory Goldfinch Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Due to its beautiful song the goldfinch is often called the "wild canary." The superstitious believe that goldfinches live in areas frequented by elves and fairies.
The goldfinch, appearing in pictures of the Madonna and the Christ Child, represents the foreknowledge Jesus and Mary had of the Crucifixion.
Because it symbolizes the Passion, the goldfinch is considered a "savior" bird and may be pictured with the fly which represents the sin and disease which Christ saved us from.
ww2.netnitco.net /users/legend01/goldfinc.htm   (154 words)

  
 American Goldfinch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Eastern or American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) is a typical North American seed-eating of the finch (Fringillidae) family averaging 11 cm in length.
The Goldfinch lays four to six bluish white roughly the size of peanuts.
Their favorite foods (at least in the are thistle and teasel seeds.
www.freeglossary.com /American_Goldfinch   (463 words)

  
 * Goldfinch - (Bird): Definition
The American goldfinch male is well known, with its bright yellow body contrasting with fl wings and a fl cap...
The goldfinch's flight is notably undulating and often, if not usually, accompanied by a vocal per-chick-o-ree, repeated at every dip as it swings over the countryside...
This handsome goldfinch is endemic to the arid woodlands of California and northern Baja California.
en.mimi.hu /bird/goldfinch.html   (537 words)

  
 Keeping and Raising European Goldfinches
The famous bird of European antiquity is the European Goldfinch.
The goldfinch remains popular in Europe, but doesn't seem to be well understood in America, probably because the canary won over here in America.
Goldfinches are late breeders, and I recommend that sometime in March you add artificial light and extend the day gradually until 8:00 pm.
www.finchworld.com /Birds/Finch/Eurogold/ThomasK.html   (1498 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Religious Painting
The appearance of new motifs based on devotion to the Precious Blood, to the Holy Family, the maternity of the Blessed Virgin, etc., indicated the continuous enriching of religious life and the constant activity of Christian piety.
To the admirers of extreme antiquity such as Winckelmann and Lessing, and their disciple, Diderot, Christianity was an inferior religion which had diffused an unworthy system of aesthetics throughout the world.
European painting was dominated by a sort of artistic Jacobinism.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/11395a.htm   (8258 words)

  
 Changing Winds
The European goldfinch has been successfully introduced to mainland Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Argentina, and Bermuda.
The European goldfinch is about 13 to 15 cm (about 5 to 6 in) long.
The European goldfinch’s call is a repeated tswitt-witt-witt, and the male sings a cheerful, twittering song.
www.changing-winds.com /birds.htm   (520 words)

  
 Goldfinch on Almondnet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Hawfinch House Finch Lawrence's Goldfinch Lesser Goldfinch Linnet Long-tailed Rosefinch...
Goldfinch abundance fell sharply from the mid 1970s until the mid 1980s...
The goldfinch is a strikingly beautiful bird, with a bright red face, fl and white head and a...
www.mortgage-advisors-northern-ireland.co.uk /mortgageireland/goldfinch.html   (484 words)

  
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The European Goldfinch was introduced into the United States in 1878.
It feeds on seed, and the undulating flight pattern of the European Goldfinch is very similar to that of the American Goldfinch.
The European Goldfinch is now a permanent resident in Bermuda.
www.bermudatourism.com /bir_species.html   (841 words)

  
 Goldfinch - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Goldfinch - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
In winter many UK goldfinches migrate as far south as Spain.
Goldfinch perched amongst branches - Chris Gomersall (rspb-images.com, Ref: 2867065_00120_002)
www.rspb.org.uk /birds/guide/g/goldfinch/index.asp   (222 words)

  
 Carl Fabritius, Goldfinch (Het Putterje)
The goldfinch, or European goldfinch (carduelis carduelis), is perched on a rail in front of its feeding-box, the backdrop to which is a whitewashed wall.
In centuries past, the goldfinch was a popular pet that owed its Dutch nickname ('puttertje') to its adroitness in performing such tasks as drawing water ('putten') from a bowl using a thimble-sized bucket on a chain.
Using relatively broad brushstrokes and occasionally bright colours, he produced a subtle rendering of a European goldfìnch, caught in bright light.
essentialvermeer.20m.com /dutch-painters/masters/cfabrtsd.htm   (352 words)

  
 European Goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The European Goldfinch in the photos below was found on a willow tree near Sevre river.
It has a red face, white cheeks, a fl patch on the head, fl wings with yellow patches, brown plumage on the chest, brown coverts, and a white belly.
European Goldfinch belongs to Fringillidae family, order Passeriformes.
easai.00freehost.com /Carduelis   (62 words)

  
 American Goldfinch
They are one of the world’s 140 or so species of Cardueline finches (family Fringillidae) that include the House Finch, Pine Siskin, Lesser Goldfinch, Lawrence’s Goldfinch, Common Redpoll and Hoary Redpoll, and in Europe the Greenfinch, European Goldfinch, Twite and Linnet.
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)

  
 Links
Be sure to see the photos of European Goldfinches in their Photos section and yes this is the site where the graphic bird eats the berries.
Great photographs from Europe with bird songs, be sure to see both pages of European Goldfinches.
All imported European Goldfinches have been wild caught, usually in Australia and New Zealand, and juveniles and Siberian Goldfinches from Russia.
web.tampabay.rr.com /brdland/links.html   (477 words)

  
 European Goldfinch
The Atlas clearly shows that the European Goldfinch has been declining over the last few decades and even contracting in range.
I >was intrigued there to read that the NSW populations were not introduced >but were dispersals and that the dispersal routes into country towns seem >to have been along the rail lines.
Now this is not that silly, given >that this bird is a seed eater, but I was wondering just how much study >had been done of the role played by the rail lines in the dispersal of >both weeds and feral animals, both birds and mammals.
bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au /archives/html/birding-aus/2002-04/msg00269.html   (329 words)

  
 goldfinch --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Flocks of goldfinches feed on weeds in fields and gardens.
Because the song of the goldfinch resembles that of the European caged canary, the bird is sometimes called a “wild canary.” The male is yellow with fl cap, wings, and tail.
The female is olive green and dull yellow.
www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9037262   (625 words)

  
 American Goldfinch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
At least 27 species of birds have been identified there, including Double-Crested Cormorant, Pied-Billed Grebe, American Goldfinch and Yellow-Headed Blackbird...
THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI at the Cinema Under the Stars, 4040 Goldfinch St., Mission...
downy and hairy woodpeckers, goldfinch, Swainson's thrush, ruby-throated hummingbird and Empidonax flycatchers.
www.wikiverse.org /american-goldfinch   (365 words)

  
 The Finch Niche - Species Showcase - Europen Goldfinch
Habitat: Open grassland and woodlands, but have been found in the cities near scrub and on cultivated land as parks and gardens.
Males tend to have a larger red face patch than the females and they may show a more fl color on the wings while the females are more dark grey.
Pair requires a lot of space to fly, a safe place to hide the nest, and a very good balanced diet.
www.finches.org /o-goldfinch.mgi   (129 words)

  
 EDUCATION PLANET - 6977 Web Sites for European History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
European University Institute, Florence, Italy * - Description: European University Institute, Florence, Italy - the European University for postgraduate research in the social sciences
European Union III - Governments * - Index of european institutions and agencies.
European Bioinformatics Institute Moleclular biology, Genomics, Fasta and * - EBI is the main European depository for molecular biology databases
www.educationplanet.com /search/Teacher_Resources/Thematic_Units/History/European_History   (393 words)

  
 April 29, 2001
We also looked for some small green warbler that we didn't find either.
European goldfinches were all over the place in plain sight.
We could also hear orioles but didn't find them either.
world.std.com /~jegan/js010429.htm   (1514 words)

  
 European Goldfinch
European Goldfinch and Eurasian birds in the Midwest
In early 2003, a European Goldfinch was found in Dearborn, MI, and spent the winter in a sunflower field (read the full account with photos here).
[Some European bird records may be true vagrants]...Most of the finches, however, are either imported or propagated (legally) in the United States...
www.umd.umich.edu /dept/rouge_river/eugo.html   (772 words)

  
 goldfinch - OneLook Dictionary Search
Goldfinch : Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
Phrases that include goldfinch: new world goldfinch, american goldfinch, european goldfinch
Words similar to goldfinch: yellowbird, carduelis carduelis, new world goldfinch, spinus tristis, more...
www.onelook.com /?loc=rescb&w=goldfinch   (212 words)

  
 B-Mail(sm): UMichBirders for Sat, 29 Jan 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It is a male European = Goldfinch, and there have been increasing numbers of them reported in = the Great Lakes.
It seems all are in agreement = that this is a male European Goldfinch.
Indeed, the sexes are similar in European Goldfinch.
www.virtualbirder.com /bmail/umichbirders/200501/29   (2511 words)

  
 European Goldfinch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis, has a pinkish white bill which leads to a red face, a white patch behind the eyes and a fl crown and nape.
Sexes are similar but juveniles lack the bright colours around the head.
This European bird was introduced to Australia around the 1860's.
home.vicnet.net.au /%7Efbpw/eg_finch.htm   (246 words)

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