Female Goldfinch

by Karen Adams

Title

Female Goldfinch

Artist

Karen Adams

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Photograph - Fine Art Digital Prints - Photography

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I am going out on a limb here . . . since I am not an expert bird watcher . . . but I think this is a female. Since this was taken in Ohio in October, it makes identifying 'her' a bit tougher.
For much of the year, distinguishing male and female American Goldfinches is easy (when the males show their brilliant yellow summer plumage, about March through September). Even in January and February many males have a few bright yellow feathers showing, but otherwise the gray-brown nonbreeding males can be hard to tell from females.

Males have really black wings with bright wingbars and feather edges, while the females have duller brownish-black wings with buffy or brownish-white wingbars and edges. This is pretty easy to judge, but it requires a bit of experience and judgment, which I do not claim to possess . . . so I am out on a limb with this adorably cute creature!

American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis

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May 2nd, 2019

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