The American Goldfinch by dove-51 on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

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Published: Jun 7, 2023

Description

Interesting Facts:

• Goldfinches are among the strictest vegetarians in the bird world, selecting an entirely vegetable diet and only inadvertently swallowing an occasional insect.
• When Brown-headed Cowbirds lay eggs in an American Goldfinch nest, the cowbird egg may hatch but the nestling seldom survives longer than three days. The cowbird chick simply can’t survive on the all-seed diet that goldfinches feed their young.

Image size

3000x2458px 7.8 MB

Shutter Speed

1/332 second

Date Taken

Jun 6, 2023, 12:07:09 PM