Elderberry Tales

Mrs. Chickadee rushes to tell her friends about her surprising discovery - Thistle Goldfinch didn't head South for the winter with his family! Instead, he's all alone in the cold pine woods. 

Written by F. E. Mann
Published in "The Children's Book of Christmas Stories", Asa Dickenson Ed. 
Image by grégory Delaunay from Pixabay 

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And to Songbirding, a birding by ear podcast