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The Lesser Goldfinch

 

Lesser Goldfinches are tiny, stub-billed songbirds with long, pointed wings, and short, notched tails. They are most common in California and Texas, with pockets of local populations throughout the rest of its U.S. range.

 

Lesser Goldfinches feed in weedy fields, budding treetops, and the brush of open areas and edges. Depending on food availability, they may concentrate in mountain canyons and desert oases, but they are also fairly common in suburbs.

 

The oldest known wild Lesser Goldfinch was a male, and at least 7 years old when he was recaptured and rereleased during banding operations in California in 2015.

 

(Nikon, 500 mm + TC 1.4, 1/500 @ f/5.6, ISO 1250)

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Uploaded on January 29, 2021
Taken on January 12, 2021