How to Use goldfinch in a Sentence

goldfinch

noun

• One bird that is now in the middle of the first nesting of the year is the American goldfinch.
  — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 28 July 2017
• A little bigger than a goldfinch, males are kind of rosy red for both species.
  — Bob Timmons, Star Tribune, 21 Jan. 2021
• Now the sunflowers are starting to wane and goldfinch are eating the seeds.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Oct. 2021
• The bird, of course, is a goldfinch–or rather a painting of one from the 17th century by the Dutch artist Carel Fabritius.
  — Time, 22 Aug. 2019
• House finches, white-wing doves, goldfinches and Inca doves used the seeds.
  — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Jan. 2018
• These include species like cardinals, robins, and the goldfinch.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 14 Sep. 2023
• In 2020 there were two, a lesser goldfinch and an Allen's hummingbird, Brady said.
  — Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2021
• Look for goldfinch-sized finches with dark streaking over the body and yellow to cream-colored wing bars.
  — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 11 Feb. 2018
• Another very late nester in our area is the American goldfinch.
  — Taylor Piephoff, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• Sparrows gathered at the bird feeder and a banana-yellow goldfinch perched on the apple tree.
  — Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2022
• One shows Jesus on his mother’s lap with pink flowers in his hands, another with a goldfinch on his leg.
  — Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2019
• Leave them standing in the meadow or prairie until spring—birds (including goldfinches) love the seeds, and the cones will remain showy through winter.
  — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 29 May 2018
• Niger seed, otherwise known as thistle, is adored by goldfinches and house finches.
  — Evan MacDonald, cleveland.com, 25 Dec. 2017
• Those areas could have been black or brown or red--or the bird could have colored its feathers through its diet, as a goldfinch or a cardinal does today.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 6 July 2011
• Theo survives the attack and leaves the museum with a small painting — of a goldfinch — by 17th-century Dutch artist Carel Fabritius.
  — Michael Schaub, latimes.com, 4 Oct. 2017
• For this tour in particular, Hawley expects to see many baby birds, as well as resident species such as the lesser goldfinch and the great egret.
  — Jacob Sweet, sacbee, 13 July 2017
• Because the goldfinch spends considerable time near large buildings, the course offers skyscrapers, with a Willis Tower at the hole itself.
  — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 18 Aug. 2021
• In this way, KrioRus has cryopreserved 61 people and 31 pets, including a cat, a goldfinch, and a chinchilla.
  — Laura Mallonee, WIRED, 22 June 2018
• Birds are ancient symbols for the soul, and for Christianity the goldfinch had come to signal resurrection.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2021
• The flower is lavender in color, cone-shaped just like the seedhead will be, a bee magnet in bloom, and an attractor of goldfinches when its in seed, according to Marsh.
  — Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman, 31 May 2017
• Grassland birds like sparrows and goldfinches took the hardest hit, losing more than half their population; shorebirds lost more than a third of their numbers.
  — CBS News, 20 Sep. 2019
• Washington: Willow goldfinch The willow goldfinch is Washington's state bird.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 25 July 2023
• As House Beautiful recently explained, this humble flower attracts goldfinch birds — thanks both to their bright color and their also being a food source for the birds.
  — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 24 June 2019
• Photos of that display show the flowers towering along an incline on both sides of the escalators and goldfinches gathering in them.
  — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 19 June 2019
• Looking similar to a large, stocky goldfinch with formidable bill, the showy evening grosbeak is a special-concern species in Wisconsin.
  — Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2021
• Watch for cardinals, Carolina chickadees, goldfinches, egrets, doves, blue birds and other avians.
  — Robin Soslow, Chron, 16 Feb. 2023
• Among the likely birds in Sacramento: house finch, mourning dove, crow, cedar waxwing, scrub jay, mockingbird, sparrow, goldfinch, junco and woodpecker.
  — Debbie Arrington, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
• One small clearing is dotted with several boulders where children could sit and watch for goldfinches and cardinals at three bird feeders.
  — Jim Barnes, Washington Post, 8 May 2017
• Walking to the mailbox, a flock of western bluebirds took flight like flickering blue Christmas lights, while nearby a dozen or more lesser goldfinches hung like bright yellow ornaments in a sumac shrub.
  — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023
• The American goldfinches visiting from the North are not brightly colored in the winter, but our resident lesser goldfinch males are very colorful.
  — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 15 Oct. 2020

Last Updated: 29 Aug 2024