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Enjoy some great outdoor living by bird watching in your yard. Bird watching is fascinating and can be a very relaxing part of your outdoor living. It would be a good idea to have a pair of binoculars handy so you can get some close-up views of the birds. There are many, many kinds of birds in the great outdoors, but one of the prettiest is the American Goldfinch. The male, in breeding plumage, is bright yellow with a black forehead, wings and tail. He has one white wing-bar on each wing and white on his tail. If it isn’t breeding season he is brown with hints of yellow and white wing-bars. He always has white in his under tail. The female in breeding plumage is yellowish-gray-brown on top and varies in color from bright yellow to dull yellow underneath. She has two light wing-bars on each wing and a light colored bill. Her tail is black with white outer tips. When not in the breeding season, she is gray above and below and has a darker bill.
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