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 ...

It aggressively defends nest cavities, possibly to the detriment ... Flight more resembles the house finch than native sparrows. A female orange bishop may be passed off as female house sparrow ...

House finches, such as this adult male, can be common visitors to hummingbird feeders. By Gary Phillips For The Sun News The bird-breeding season continues in our area, although some species are ...

A female house finch forages near the Hay Barn at UC Santa Cruz. House finches are common from coast to coast today and are ...

One of life's little pleasures is to watch birds coming to the feeder in the winter. Frequent visitors to my feeder include cardinals, chickadees, tufted titmice, house finches, downy woodpeckers, ...