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• A few minutes with the heron book cleared up the mystery; they were tricolored herons, the first I had ever seen.10 By the end of the month American goldfinches were shooting around like tossed gold pieces despite another cold spell. Bird Cloud
• The yellow plumage coloration of male goldfinches is a condition-dependent signal of male quality used by females in mate choice.
• The coldest December on record had driven them to warmer climes, and during the day I managed to miss goldfinch, greenfinch, dunnock and song thrush as well. Birdwatch: Black redstart
• At the feeder on the window sill, goldfinches, titmice, chickadees, nuthatches, and cardinals have been busy at a heap of free (to them) sunflower seeds.
• The delightful goldfinch is becoming one of the commonest visitors to our gardens. Times, Sunday Times
• It made such a roll of paper that the goldfinch's nest looked as though it were distent with a sort of misshapen ostrich egg. Aftermath
• Next he let loose with the melodious song of the goldfinch and followed this closely with the ‘whew, whew, whew, ‘of the greater yellowlegs, a migratory wading bird.’
• This love-song of the goldfinch is the climax of the summer's bird-song. Some Summer Days in Iowa
• Goldfinches enjoy eating the seeds of many meadow flowers including daisy, dandelion, and thistle.
• All the common species are here - blackbirds and thrushes and the like - plus goldfinches, swallows, kingfishers and grebes on the pond.