Example Sentences

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At the farm, would-be consumers are mostly goldfinches.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 18, 2023

“Tubes with black, greasy, oily food will attract goldfinches and house finches,” he says.

From Washington Post • Jul. 28, 2022

This past summer, hummingbirds, monarch butterflies and pairs of goldfinches zipped between the Jacobses’ garden and his.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2021

Species that, decades ago, were rarely seen in gardens - like goldfinches and wood pigeons - are now regular visitors.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2021

There will be no house finches, there will be no goldfinches, no Cape May warblers, not even a pigeon.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon