Hither the vocal thrush repairs, Secure the linnet sings: The goldfinch dreads no slimy snares, To clog her painted wings.
Nothing is more curious than the nest of a goldfinchor a chaffinch.
Handsome is that handsome does," we are told, but the Goldfinch fulfils both conditions in the proper sense, and does not require the doubtful apology of the proverb, which was evidently devised for plain folk.
The name as applied to the Goldfinch may be barely tolerated, but in the case of the Warbler it is quite inappropriate, since the bird has nothing in common with the Canary except littleness and yellowness.
One is at a loss to decide whether Nature awarded the Goldfinch his suit of fine clothes in recognition of his dauntless cheer or whether he is only happy because of his panoply of jet and gold.
Redpoll again proves kinship withGoldfinch by eating thistle seeds, and with Siskin by his extravagant fondness for the alder catkin.
But the western bird has the same merry notes and sprightly ways which have made the name of Goldfinch synonymous with sunshine.
When fired at they utter chirps of alarm and call to each other with a long, sweet note, something similar to that of theGoldfinch (Spinus tristis).
Those who count themselves familiar with the Goldfinch are apt to let the first few flocks of Redpolls pass unquestioned.
It is rarely that the nest of the goldfinch or the cedar-bird is harried.
One day, in my walk, I came upon a goldfinch with the tip of one wing securely fastened to the feathers of its rump, by what appeared to be the silk of some caterpillar.
In a dirty court in Spitalfields, once, I found a goldfinch drawing his own water, and drawing as much of it as if he were in a consuming fever.
It was a relief from the heavy business of the day; for Goldfinch had heavy business, which came to him because he was a fat and pleasant fellow, with a large head, and a great circle of miscellaneous acquaintance.
Mr. Goldfinch nodded his head, as if to say that he rather thought it was.
They use the moss for the foundation, and line with the finer materials, just as a wildgoldfinch would do, although, making it in a box, the hair alone would be sufficient for the purpose.
A lonely goldfinch hangs in a wicker cage from the rafters, and utters from time to time a little shrill call.
The shrike apparently could neither stand the pace nor the altitude, and the watchers, with whom the goldfinch was the favorite in the race, rejoiced with the winner.
I once saw a goldfinchin winter plumage escape a Great Northern Shrike by taking a flight directly at the zenith.
The goldfinch also sings in a level flight, beating the air slowly with its wings broadly open, and pouring out its jubilant, ecstatic strain I think it indulges in this wing-song only in the early season.
I have myself heard goldfinches that were reared in a cage sing beautifully, but not the regulargoldfinch song; it was clearly the song of a finch, but of what finch I could not have told.
How daintily the goldfinch picks at the milkweed pods and sets adrift the seeds attached to silky aeronautic fluff!
The goldfinch called and called, till my patience was nearly spent.
The goldfinchhas the advantage of the titmouse in several respects, but he lacks that sprightliness, that exceeding light-heartedness, which is the chickadee's most endearing characteristic.
As I entered the Garden, one morning in September, a goldfinch was calling so persistently and with such anxious emphasis from the large sophora tree that I turned my steps that way to ascertain what could be the trouble.
Our American goldfinch is one of the loveliest of birds.
At another time Saint John brings a goldfinch to the Virgin's knee, and the two children lean lovingly against her, Jesus turning his earnest eyes towards the bird, which he thoughtfully strokes.
The song of the goldfinch is very sweet, he is with all a most affectionate pet, and exceedingly clever, so much so that he may be taught quite a number of so-called tricks.
Yes, and the beautiful bullfinch and the gaudy goldfinch as well, to say nothing of the siskin and canary, so it cannot be plebeian.
So fond, indeed, is the goldfinch of the thistle that the only wonder is that our neighbours beyond the Tweed do not claim it as one of the birds of Bonnie Scotland, as they do the curlew and the golden eagle.
He had, besides canaries, the thrush, chaffinch, linnet, goldfinch and cirl bunting.
American Goldfinch |The range of the American Goldfinch is nearly co-extensive with the vast continent of North America.
Although chiefly a granivorous species, the Goldfinch does not subsist entirely upon seeds, but destroys vast numbers of insects in all their different stages.
We used to rub our fingers with a little oil before handling the twigs in which the Goldfinch was to be caught; even so the Epeira varnishes herself with a special sweat, to operate on any part of her web without fear of the lime-threads.
The Linnet and the Goldfinch too, Both sung as sweet as they could do.
The Goldfinchgave the bride away, Who promis'd always to obey.
The Goldfinch is very anxious that the sparrows should not find out this barn.
One day the Robin confided to the Blackbird a great discovery that he and the Goldfinch had made.
The male goldfinch behaves differently from all other finches: his wings are beautiful, the shoulders being black, with the dark-tipped wing-feathers spotted with white and edged with golden yellow.
Something of the same kind may be observed with our goldfinch (Carduelis elegans), for I am assured by Mr. J.
But at the beginning of the second verse Mr. Goldfinch tried to sing a trill that was too hard for him.
So Mr. Goldfinch learned he mustn't try to copy the canary.
With a screech of fear, the goldfinch fled precipitately.
For the goldfinch was skipping, flirting, and swinging for the express purpose of so holding his attention that he would not look up and see a small cradle of thistledown and wool perilously near his head.
She turned her eyes from his quivering body to where she saw the goldfinch an instant before, but neither goldfinch nor Earl Gerald did she ever lay eyes on again.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "goldfinch" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
