YAKIMA, Wash. -- Sightings of the lesser goldfinch are increasing in the Yakima area. Up until recent years, this species was found in Washington only in the Columbia River Gorge. Over the past few ...

I was happy to see my first goldfinch on my new thistle bag today. Though I have never used a thistle bag, or sock, as some folks call it, I have wanted to try one for a long time. I had heard from ...

Pine siskins enjoy a backyard thistle feeder. Chad Witco of Audubon's Migratory Bird Initiative recommends them to attract the lively birds. (Macaulay Library/Cornell Lab of Ornithology) If you’re ...

Idon’t lecture anybody. And even if I did, who would listen? Remember, I own a business and have a family. That means that I’m a boss and a father. That makes me a member of two groups that no one ...

Goldfinches are like ketchup: First non'll come and then a lot'll. Apologies to Ogden Nash, who initially wrote, "The Catsup Bottle — First a little and then a lottle." And to Richard Armour, who ...

A pair of American Goldfinches (Cardualis tristis) hang upside-down as they feed on thistle seeds from a bird feeder. The feeder is designed to encourage other birds that can't hang upside-down to eat ...

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