greenfinch

• “Then, too, the greenfinch is overtaken by happy languor, and falters in her flight, smitten with the April madness.”

  The Spring of Joy: A Little Book of Healing

• “The coldest December on record had driven them to warmer climes, and during the day I managed to miss goldfinch, greenfinch, dunnock and song thrush as well.”

  The Guardian: Birdwatch: Black redstart

• “The greenfinch is among common garden birds that have taken their leave of suburbia this winter.”

  The Guardian: Why Britain's garden birds are staying in the country

• “A greenfinch is singing on the next street over from mine, a street I never go down but that I can now hear.”

  Simon & Schuster: A Year on the Wing

• “I am a clumsy beginner and in the hut first a greenfinch escapes from my grip, and then a sedge warbler, both hurtling toward the windows.”

  Simon & Schuster: A Year on the Wing

• “Then there was a little greenfinch, just fledged, fluttering along the ground, and it seemed quite possible to catch it, till it managed to flutter under the blackberry bush.”

  Adam Bede

• “His note suggested to me the shrill chirrup of a sparrow, and his appearance that of a greenfinch.”

  First footsteps in East Africa

• “The greenfinch, so called from the colour of its belly, is as large as a lark; it lays four or five eggs, builds its nest out of the plant called comfrey, pulling it up by the roots, and makes an under-mattress to lie on of hair and wool.”

  The History of Animals

• “The little blue quills began to tell of coming feathers, his vigorous chirpings betokened plenty of vocal power, and in due time he grew into a young greenfinch of the most irrepressible and enterprising character.”

  Wild Nature Won By Kindness

• “The greenfinch is soon attracted by hemp seed, and all the smaller birds by canary seed.”

  Wild Nature Won By Kindness

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