“The house finch is a very social bird,” which nests in colonies or groups. Purple finches, however, often nest on their own. In the winter, they join flocks with pine siskins and goldfinches .

House finches show up at bird feeders all year, but on most visits, their plumage is hardly eye-catching. They have dense brown streaking on the underside and a robust conical beak. Both males and ...

House finches and purple finches are both small birds which are native to North America. Both species have stunning red and brown plumage which means that they are easily confused for each other.

The attractive house finch is one of the more common and recognizable species throughout the United States. Originally a “western” species of semiarid environments, it was introduced in the ...

House finches are known to carry certain diseases and compete against other birds, such as purple finches, when it comes to food. Due to this, the house finch is considered an invasive species in ...

A friend told me about a bunch of handsome “red-faced brown birds” crowding around his birdfeeders, accompanied by similar-looking drab brown birds. What he saw were male house finches in ...

While the female and juvenile birds are brown with smoky-brown streaking, the males have a... House finches find a home in Texas Chron Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

The house finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) is unquestionably one of the most common, although lesser-known birds in North America, found in every state in the Union. This was not always the case ...

House finches (Carpodacus mexicanus) frequently come to my tube bird feeder because of the small openings that permit black oil sunflower seeds to be easily reached, and because of their ...

Ruby-crowned kinglets, evening grosbeaks, brown creepers, yellow-rumped warblers and Townsend’s solitaires are a few of the not so common birds you might see in your backyard this month.

The bird you saw has black eyes, orange legs and a pale colored beak. House finches typically have brown legs, so this could be a leucistic goldfinch. Regardless, the leg color and lack of red ...

A Sugar Land reader emailed a description of a sparrow-size , reddish-headed bird in her... House finches find a home in Texas Chron Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...