Goldfinch

Last week held some wonderfully warmer days.

While I lounged on the couch, recovering from a cold,

I left the door open to hear bird activity in the back yard.

This American Goldfinch spent the better part of the day

perched in the neighbor’s maple tree singing away.

I know he was advertising for a female, 

but I enjoyed it, too. He was very well camouflaged,

blending with the emerging leaves and seed pods (samara).

I borrowed the description from

A Field Guide to Western Birds by Roger Tory Peterson.

“Song: sustained, clear, light

...Canary-like” melody

singing just for me?