Featured Bird for the month of May

One of our largest suppliers, Goldcrest Distributors, features a bird a month. For May, they are featuring the Goldfinch. A very beautiful bird and my grandson's favorite color - yellow! Here is a little about the Goldfinch courtesy of Goldcrest: Active and acrobatic, these little finches cling to weeds and seed socks. They fly with a bounce and often call in flight, drawing attention to themselves. American Goldfinches are the only finch that molts its body feathers twice a year, once in late winter and again in late summer. Goldfinches are among the strictest vegetarians in the bird world. They select an entirely vegetable diet and only accidentally swallow insects.

The oldest known American Goldfinch was 10 years, 5 months. The Goldfinch clutch size is 2-7 eggs. They have 1-2 broods. Incubation period is 12-14 days. Nesting period is 11-17 days. Eggs are pale bluish white, sometimes with small faint brown spots around large end.