Male in winter plumage similar to the female but with wings and 
tail black. 
Resident. 
Favorite Haunts. In summer, in orchards and shade trees; in fall 
and winter roaming about in flocks. 
Field Marks. The goldfinch may be distinguished by its undulating 
flight and by its yellow body and black wings. 
Song. A wild, sweet canary-like warble. Note, "Ker-chee-chee-chee, 
whew-e, whew-e." 
After U. S. Biological Survey. 
It may not be generally known that this brightly colored canary- 
like bird remains with us during the cold winter months, but such is 
a fact. After the young are reared the male changes his gay colored 
coat for the more somber colors of the female. In late fall and winter 
the old and young collect in flocks, living entirely upon seeds, chiefly 
those of noxious weeds. These flocks increase until midwinter when 
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