American Gold Finch, Male on Redbuds

Both the bird and the flower are very common in Virginia, but usually the redbuds already finished blooming before gold finches change to their summer plumage, like shown in the photo. The winter plumage is pretty dull. I have envisioned a beautiful gold finch with brilliant summer plumage on the blooming redbud tree. It happened this year(I think the weather pattern this year is a little strange)