15 July 2011 American goldfinches have a lot of nicknames: wild canary, yellowbird, thistle bird and salad bird.  I’d never heard of “salad birds” until Matt Sharp told this story on PABIRDS last month.  Matt remarked, “My father has a small vegetable garden and for the last couple years around this time of the season, goldfinch, usually in pairs, … Continue reading Salad Birds