Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. American Goldfinch male feeding female in nest taken in central MNStan Tekiela Author / Naturalist / Wildlife Photographer/Getty ...

The vast majority of native bird nesting takes place in spring, right after the trees green up and the flowers start to bloom. The spring nesting season feels like a frantic rush to quickly build a ...

Knowing how to attract goldfinches to your backyard is about more than setting up any old bird feeder. These gorgeous songbirds have specific eating and nesting preferences. We talked to the experts ...

GRAND FORKS – The American goldfinch is appropriate as the week’s bird, not least because I encountered a male of the species in my backyard the other day. Writing about birds I have seen is preferred ...

Their nesting seasons over, ruby-throated hummingbirds, purple martins, orchard orioles and several other migratory songbirds in Georgia already are embarking on their fall journeys to winter homes in ...

Right now in the middle of July there’s not a lot of bird activity to be seen. Most birds, with a few exceptions, are done nesting, and both the adults and young are out moving around, mostly away ...

On the other side of the scene, the south migration has already begun. This is most notable with tree swallows that now line up on roadside wires. Here families began appearing early in the month and ...

I once birded with someone (not a local) who was very disparaging toward the American Goldfinch. It was early winter, and there was not much variety in the birds to be seen. Everywhere we went, ...