American Goldfinch, Monkshood, Buttercup ~ "Golden Guardians" ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Framing:Framed Wild bergamot is a member

Wild bergamot is a member of the mint family

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flute-like whistle of an Eastern Meadowlark

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American Goldfinch, Monkshood, Buttercup ~ "Golden Guardians" ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Framing:Framed Wild bergamot is a memberNothing in the summer field is more golden than a male American Goldfinch in full color that bright lemon yellow body, the black cap and wings, the bouncing flight and the cheerful po ta to chip call as he goes. I painted a pair of them here as the keepers of their patch of meadow, watching over the buttercups below and the deep violet hoods of the monkshood standing tall behind. The color story is the whole thing: gold against blue violet, with the