Illinois
American Goldfinch
Spinus tristis
(L 5" WS 9" WT 0.33 oz)
Salt Creek Woods
10Sept2010
female
Columbus Park
Chicago
25Jun2017
juvenile
Oak Park
Yardbird
07May2005
The responsibilities of life seem to
rest lightly on the Goldfinch‘s
sunny shoulders.
rest lightly on the Goldfinch‘s
sunny shoulders.
(Roger Tory Peterson)
Oak Park
Yardbird
08Nov2009
nonbreeding
female
© BirdNote,
Frances Wood
© Cornell
Ornithology
Ornithology
© Audubon
Society
Society
Spinus a bird mentioned by
Aristophanes, Dionysius et al.;
tristis in Latin means sad, gloomy.
Aristophanes, Dionysius et al.;
tristis in Latin means sad, gloomy.