American Goldfinch is one of our more common feeder birds. There's always a lot of action when goldfinches descend on your feeder. The bird at left was captured on the descent to the open port of the sunflower feeder (1/377 second exposure). The bird sitting on the middle port of the feeder is a male Purple Finch.

Chatham Co., NC 2/16/06.

American Goldfinch (left) with a female Purple Finch.

Chatham Co., NC 3/4/06.

Chatham Co., NC 3/4/06.

Duelling for position.

Especially fond of thistle seeds, goldfinches are more common in the Piedmont and Mountains than in the Coastal Plain.

Chatham Co., NC 2/16/06.

There's never a dull moment with a flock of goldfinches around.

Chatham Co., NC 2/16/06.

Chapel Hill, NC 2/19/06.