American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis
Family: Finches, euphonias, and allies
American Goldfinch is one of the species in the BirdGuess catalog. The daily puzzle hides a photo and opens it in pieces. You get five guesses.
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It is a social bird and will gather in large flocks while feeding and migrating.
It is a granivore and adapted for the consumption of seedheads, with a conical beak to remove the seeds and agile feet to grip the stems of seedheads while feeding.
The inside diameter of the finished nest is about 6.5 cm.