Have you ever priced finch food? The tiny niger seeds are too rich for my blood. We feed birds, but not finches. The seed is just too expensive to feed them regularly and if you can't feed them consistently, it is better not to feed them at all. This American goldfinch is taking advantage of a natural source of seed - the dried pods of the trumpet vine. The male goldfinch is the only finch that loses it's bright colors over winter. It also loses the black cap on it's forehead (see the post showing four males from earlier this week), so it is hard to say whether this is a male or female.
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