Wishing your father and you the gentlest possible path forward. This is an American Goldfinch image from Wikipedia. It is the state bird of New Jersey, where I live.

Interesting. Doesn't look like what I've always known as Queen Anne's Lace.

Condo forbids feeding birds because, Heaven forfend, squirrels! Like this fire breathing brute napping on my 3rd floor apartment balcony chair.