Fill a finch feeder with nyjer thistle seed to attract goldfinches. Add the best finch feeders to your yard to see flocks of finches visit.

Birdwatching is a lovely way to experience wildlife in a safe, captivating way. It is also a relaxing and gratifying hobby since you know you are providing food and fresh water to a variety of birds.

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 ...

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 ...

Bluebirds, cardinals, goldfinches and other songbirds can make a wonderful addition to any yard, whether you live on a farm in the Midwest or in a garden apartment in New York City. Not only is it ...

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 ...

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 ...

These small songbirds are common in brushy, weedy fields and along the edges of woodlands. Indigo Buntings feed on a mix of small seeds from grasses and weeds, as well as insects like caterpillars and ...

It’s not quite 7 a.m. on a 15-degree January day, and the first bird of the morning lands on a sunflower feeder in the yard. A female northern cardinal snatches a seed, then uses her strong conical ...

Washington's state bird is the Willow Goldfinch, a flash of brilliant yellow that turns up in backyard feeders, weedy fields, and wetland edges across the state. Learn how to identify it, when ...