American Goldfinch Finch on Sunflower

American Goldfinch perched on a sunflower.

Male American Goldfinch - in summer plumage
The male American Goldfinch is olive in the winter. Then changes to bright yellow in the spring and summer.

Photo Attributes:

Barrie, Canada, Fringillidae, Spinus, Passeriformes, 2010, Chordata, American Goldfinch, Spinus tristis, Ontario,

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Animals, Backyard, Birds

Female Amercian GoldFinch - Perched
A female American Goldfinch, perched at feeder.

Photo Attributes:

Barrie, Canada, Fringillidae, Spinus, Passeriformes, 2010, Chordata, American Goldfinch, Spinus tristis, Ontario,

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Animals, Backyard, Birds

American Goldfinch Finch at Bird Feeder
Photo of an American Goldfinch at feeder in Ontario.

Photo Attributes:

Barrie, Canada, Spinus, 2010, American Goldfinch, Spinus tristis, Ontario,

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Animals, Backyard, Birds

Photo Specific Links:	Bird Feeder (wikipedia)

Finch - Female Common Redpoll in Ontario back yard.
Photo of female Common Redpoll Finch taken in May in Ontario back yard. (Carduelis flammea)

Photo Attributes:

Barrie, Canada, Carduelis, North America, 2010, Carduelis flammea, Common Redpoll, Ontario,

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Animals, Backyard, Birds

Black squirrel standing on deck.
Photo of black squirrel standing on deck.

Photo Attributes:

Barrie, Canada, Sciuridae, 2010, Ontario,

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Animals, Backyard, Rodents

Black squirel gathering sunflower seeds.
Photo of a black squirrel looking for sunflower seeds on a deck.

Photo Attributes:

Barrie, Canada, Sciuridae, 2010, Ontario,

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Animals, Backyard, Rodents

Gray Squirrel in the Snow
Photo of Eastern Gray Squirrel eating sunflower seeds dropped from a bird feeder. Might be a tree squirrel or a ground squirrel.

Photo Attributes:

Barrie, Canada, Sciuridae, Sciurus, 2010, Sciurus carolinensis, Squirrel, Ontario,

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Animals, Backyard, Rodents, Snow

Photo Specific Links:	Compare Squrrels to Chipmunks
	There are some similarities between these animals as far as the family that they belong to.However there are many things that hold them apart as completely different animals.The way they look, what they eat, hibernation habits,are a few things that hold them apart as individuals among rodent family
	How to identify a ground squirrel.
	Describes how to identify the ground squirrel.
	Squirrel - wikipedia
	Squirrels belong to a large family of small or medium-sized rodents called the Sciuridae. The family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels, chipmunks, marmots (including woodchucks), flying squirrels, and prairie dogs.

Chickadee at Feeder
Chickadee feeding on sunflower seeds.

Photo Attributes:

Canada, Paridae, Poecile, 2010, Black-capped Chickadee, Poecile atricapillus, Ontario, Ontario,

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Animals, Birds