Goldfinches do converge at our feeders...

Photo by BarrytheBirder

The number of American Goldfinches at our backyard bird feeders has always been big throughout the year, for many years.   The photo above gives evidence of their prolificness.   I've arrived late at some Project Feederwatch data from The Cornell Lab and Bird Studies Canada that shows just how abundant they are compared to the top 25 feeder birds in this part of our world.   While Black-capped Chickadees visit the most sites, on average, their group size at each site is not large.   Meanwhile House Sparrows have larger group sizes at the feeders they frequent, but rank below 50% on number of sites visited.   The third category is called the Feederwatch Abundance Index and the American Goldfinch is at the top of that category.   What a joy to see masses of this special bird.

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BarrytheBirder