[Length 6.25 in. Wingspan 13 in.]

This Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch was photographed at the mountaintop restaurant, Sandia Crest, New Mexico, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: March 3, 2008)

[Length 6.25 in. Wingspan 13 in.]

This Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch was photographed at the mountaintop restaurant, Sandia Crest, New Mexico, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: March 3, 2008)

[Length 6.25 in. Wingspan 13 in.]

This Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch was photographed at the mountaintop restaurant, Sandia Crest, New Mexico, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: March 3, 2008)

[Length 5 in. Wingspan 9 in.]

American Goldfinches are common breeders and feeder visitors throughout much of the US and southern Canada. The males are stunning in their bright yellow-gold and black plumage. The call of the American Goldfinch, usually given in flight, is a repetitive "POTATO-CHIP" or "PER-CHICK-A-REE". It is easy to learn and allows the bird to be identified long before it is seen. This male American Goldfinch was photographed at the Moose Visitor Center, Gould (Walden), Colorado, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: June 1, 2016)

[Length 5 in. Wingspan 9 in.]

This male was photographed at a feeder at Tamarac NWR, Minnesota, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1992)

[Length 5 in. Wingspan 9 in.]

This male American Goldfinch was photographed at Brigantine NWR, New Jersey, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 500mm f8.0 mirror lens on Ektachrome 800 film. (Date: August 1987)

[Length 5 in. Wingspan 9 in.]

This male American Goldfinch was photographed near a feeder at Tamarac NWR, Minnesota, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1992)

[Length 5 in. Wingspan 9 in.]

This male American Goldfinch was photographed near a feeder at Tamarac NWR, Minnesota, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1992)