Known for their vibrantly colored feathers and their cheerful chirping, goldfinches are a favorite among birdwatchers and ...

Core Lawrence’s goldfinch country is along Coastal California for about 150 miles north and south of San Diego. In winter some will explore across the arid Southwest to the east as far as El Paso.

The female Lawrence’s goldfinch is gray like a nonbreeding adult female American, but note the American’s wider, buffier wing bars and different pattern of white in tail.

The why — the reason Lawrence’s goldfinches stage these mass movements — is not well understood. They are entirely vegetarian, subsisting on a variety of weed seeds but favoring amaranth ...

North America is also home to two other species of goldfinch; Lawrence’s goldfinch and the lesser goldfinch. Neither of these species reside in Missouri – both are found in the American ...

A lesser goldfinch photographed in Christoval, Texas. ... but it has a different wing pattern than all Americans and is always greener than the female Lawrence’s. Voice .