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American Goldfinch (female)

Spinus tristis

Notes:

The specific epithet of the American Goldfinch, is tristis, which means sad. I wonder why this is the species name as these, are such bright, excitable little birds.

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Jacob Gorneau
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Jacob Gorneau

Maine, USA

Spotted on Aug 12, 2013
Submitted on Feb 22, 2014

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