EASTERN GOLDFINCH
SPECIES: Spinus tristis tristis
STATUS: Least Concern
HABITAT: Field, meadows, roadsides, gardens and orchards.
DIET: Seeds from weeds, grasses and trees, also berries and occasionally insects which it feeds to its young.
GENERAL: The Eastern Goldfinch is one of the few birds that actually changes color; during the summer months the male is bright yellow and when the temperatures begin to fall the yellow changes to a olive color.
*Photo attributed to: Hollyshots
