### animal | vertebrate | bird | finch:

Chaffinch
* Most chaffinchs have sex.
* Some chaffinchs feed on seeds.
* Some chaffinchs have breasts
  - pink breasts
* also catch insects by hawking, especially around rivers and streams.
* are found in a range of habitats including woods, parks, gardens and hedgerows
  - normally single-brooded, but occasionally raise a second clutch
  - one of the most common birds in Britain, with almost six million breeding pairs
* build neat, bowl-shaped nests in trees and shrubs.
* eat a variety of seeds and scraps.
* establish breed territory
* feed on birdtables and garden feeders all year round
  - predominantly on seeds in winter
* have a loud, clear call with varied notes and regional differences in dialect
  - accents
* includes air sacs
  - bird's feet
  - brains
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - chest cavities
  - chests
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - ears
  - faces
  - flight feathers
  - heads
  - lips
  - mouths
  - nuclei
  - plasma membranes
  - quill feathers
  - second joints
  - sections
  - skulls
  - sterna
  - talons
  - vacuoles
  - wishbones
* usually feed on seeds and insects, like caterpillars, during the breeding season
  - on the ground, but also in trees such as pines and native beeches

### animal | vertebrate | bird | finch | chaffinch:

Male chaffinch
* Some male chaffinchs have breasts
* are similar in size to a house sparrow, with the females being a little smaller.

Crossbill
* are birds
  - finches that are specially adapted to opening conifer seeds
* are the least common and feed almost exclusively on cones
  - nomads of the boreal forest

Field sparrow
* prefer fields.
* visit the brush areas of a savanna.

Gold finch
* eat thistle seeds Most birds eat seeds only part of the year.
* use upright twigs as a favorite nesting spot.

### animal | vertebrate | bird | finch:

Goldfinch
* Most goldfinches are located in nests
  - member of families
* Most goldfinches eat meals
  - emerge from nests
  - enter nests
  - feed in trees
  - have feathers
  - live in trees
  - make nests
  - play in trees
  - possess feathers
* Most goldfinches prefer seeds
  - shed feathers
  - use feet
* Some goldfinches are inside nests.
* Some goldfinches feed in thistles
  - on catkins
  - have diets
  - pollinate plants
* also demand summer's thistledown for lining their nests.
* appear to be dressed in camouflage with yellow mottling on their winter gray.
* are a finch of a different color
  - also common in suburbs, parks, and backyards
  - beautiful and desirable backyard birds
  - easy to keep year round, even in our cold climate
  - especially fond of nesting in the dense foliage
  - in the finch family
  - known as finches
  - most common after the thistles go to seed
  - the last songbirds to nest each year in North America
* are very vocal birds
  - widely populated and don t live in fear of extinction
  - well adapted to hanging on seed heads
* eat bull and pasture thistle seeds
  - many kinds of seeds
  - seeds almost exclusively
  - predominantly on weed seeds and insects when available
  - primarily on weed seeds, and sometimes insects when they are available
* find food.
* have an interesting habit of mating later in the season than most birds
  - bills
  - little if any habitat requirement
* hear calls.
  - cells
  - corpi
  - rib cages
  - talons
* like food.
* live in mixed flocks and bound through the air in deeply undulating flight
* love the seeds, and butterflies drink the nectar
  - to nest and live year-round in large, colorful and often fragrant rose brambles
* nest later in the season than most species.
  - their sunflower seeds hulled
* radiate brilliant yellows at the bird feeder.
* seem to be amiable and social birds.
* turn a shade of brown in the winter.
* visit prairie crocuses in summer, and eat the seeds.

### animal | vertebrate | bird | finch | goldfinch:

European goldfinch
* Most european goldfinches eat seeds
  - have bills
* are common pets.