Goldfinch Diner

It may not be possible to determine whether or not these American Goldfinches have displaced the Lesser Goldfinches at my feeder; maybe the Lessers were leaving anyway. Whichever it was, only Americans are coming now, and they are consuming a lot of thistle seed, and a little sunflower. Many are also looking a little ragged, showing signs molting into the "basic" plumage, usually referred to as winter plumage.