American Goldfinch carduelis tristis
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Food The American Goldfinch eats a variety of seeds and also insects and berries.
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Migration They summer in the Nothern United States and Southern Canada. They winter on the Pacific Coast and from the Great Lakes south to the Gulf Coast.
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Habitat Bushy thickets and weedy grasslands
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Nesting Females choose the nest site, usually in a hedge, bushy pasture, or a forked branch high in a tree. They weave a nest of plant fibers and line it with thistledown. 5 pale blue eggs occupy the nest. Young are raised on seeds partially digested by the parents and regurgitated for the young.
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