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 ...

It can be tricky to ID a house finch vs purple finch — here are the field marks and differences to look for when you see a small red finch. The post House Finch vs Purple Finch: How to Tell the ...

What Does a House Finch Look Like? The male has reddish forehead, breast and rump; a female house finch is streaked gray and ...

House finches are the perfect urban bird. They would willingly trade an empty lot filled with grasses and bushes and trees for a nice new house with a bird feeder. They are fond (understatement) of ...

We are prone to pay scant attention to the ever-present house finches at our backyard bird feeders. They’re not the most eye-catching birds. But the males attract the females' attention with a bit of ...

Q: We live in Adams and are new at this: We have had bird feeders for two years now and have learned to name most of the birds that come. But we have two with red on them that kind of look different.

Our last column focused on Juncos. This week, we will focus in a lesser manner on two other feeder birds, the black-capped chickadee and the more recent addition, the house finch. Let us begin with ...

The attractive Cassin’s finch of the montane west is slightly larger and longer winged than the similar purple finch, which it occasionally overlaps with during winter. It is often seen in small ...

Spring is the time to clean up those bird feeders and fill them with fresh foods to attract a variety of birds visiting Indiana in the warm weather. USA TODAY analyzed and organized millions of ...