Wendy Paulson’s Birds of Barrington | American Goldfinch For most birds that spend the summer in our area, August is a relatively quiet month. Courtship, nest building, incubation, chick-raising are finished chapters in the annual cycle. It’s a time to August 7, 2016 Birds of Barrington/Birds of Barrington Illinois/Contributors/Nature & Wildlife/Things to Do/Wendy Paulson/Wildlife