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  2. American goldfinch - Wikipedia

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    It is migratory, ranging from mid-Alberta to North Carolina during the breeding season, and from just south of the Canada–United States border to Mexico during the winter. The only finch in its subfamily to undergo a complete molt, the American goldfinch displays sexual dichromatism: the male is a vibrant yellow in the summer and an olive ...

  3. Bird migration - Wikipedia

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    A common pattern in North America is clockwise migration, where birds flying North tend to be further West, and flying South tend to shift Eastwards. Many, if not most, birds migrate in flocks. For larger birds, flying in flocks reduces the energy cost. Geese in a V formation may conserve 12–20% of the energy they would need to fly alone.

  4. Brown-capped rosy finch - Wikipedia

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    In winter, these birds migrate short distances to lower elevations. These birds forage on the ground, but may fly to catch insects in flight. They mainly eat seeds from weeds and grasses and insects. They often feed in small flocks. At one time, the three North American rosy finches were considered to be one species.

  5. Cassin's finch - Wikipedia

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    They nest in large conifers. They move to lower elevations in winter. Northernmost breeding birds migrate south, as do some birds throughout the range of the species; many birds are permanent residents, however. Some non-breeding birds winter as far south as central interior Mexico. These birds forage in trees, sometimes in ground vegetation.

  6. Chicago skyline poses a risk as hundreds of millions of birds ...

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    Bird migration is on the rise, and so are window collisions. As temperatures slowly drop in Chicago, 300 million to 400 million birds are crossing the continent heading south to their nesting ...

  7. More than 27,000 birds will migrate over Milwaukee on ...

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    Milwaukee is under "high" migration alert Wednesday night, with more than 27,000 birds expected to migrate over the city. Kakatsch said colder weather usually drives an upswing in migration in the ...

  8. Animal migration - Wikipedia

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    This type of migration is advantageous in birds that, during the winter, remain close to the equator, and also allows the monitoring of the auditory and spatial memory of the bird's brain to remember an optimal site of migration. These birds also have timing mechanisms that provide them with the distance to their destination. [10]

  9. Purple martins in Pa. are about to migrate. See them by the ...

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