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Q. Where do the yellow finches go in the fall?

American Goldfinches never leave our area. In the late summer early fall season, they primarily retreat to weedy fields to feast on Mother’s Nature’bounty. Seeds from many weeds such as Giant Ragweed are just too plentiful to resist. By late November, those seeds are starting to drop to the ground and become harder to find, thus the return of the finches (in their winter plumage) to our feeders. Our number of our goldfinches can grow heavily in the winter as birds from Iowa, Minnesota and points even further north come here to overwinter.

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