Look For Looking like a miniature meadowlark with its black V on a yellow breast, the breeding-plumaged male dickcissel has a conical pale gray bill and a chestnut shoulder patch. Winter male is faded overall. Female looks like female house sparrow but shows the rusty shoulder and a faint yellow wash on the breast. The […]
Length: 5.25 inches Wingspan: 9 inches Look for The smallest of our red finches (5 inches long), the common redpoll looks like a pine siskin with a red cap on its head. Streaky on backs and sides, with a tiny yellow bill surrounded by a black chin, the common redpoll is an active, vocal, gregarious
Look For The bright canary-yellow and black plumage of the breeding male American goldfinch has earned this species the nickname “wild canary.” American goldfinches appear very different in summer and winter. The male’s brilliant yellow body and black cap in summer give way to a drab, olive-brown plumage in winter. Female goldfinches, though never bright
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Look For The striking male evening grosbeak is a large, mustard-yellow finch with a big pale bill and a gold eyebrow. Huge white patches cover the bird’s back and flash in flight on the black wings. Females are mostly gray with light yellow patches and less white in the wings. Coloration does not change seasonally.
