The brightly colored male American goldfinch is especially recognizable ... olive green. Lower wing bar buffy and quite wide. Tail feathers with white tips and inner webs. Bill pinkish.

The female American goldfinch is larger and has white undertail coverts, a wide buffy lower wing bar with very little white at the base for the flight feathers, and a pale pinkish bill.

Anyone who makes a regular habit of watching birds will recognize that there is a predictable rhythm to the seasons.

In the United States and Canada there are many birds colored primarily yellow and black. This is a common color pattern of ...

Anyone who makes a regular habit of watching birds will recognize that there is a predictable rhythm to the seasons. Winter ...