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 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 ... Watch your feeders in winter for a common redpoll. 1.

It has become fairly common across most of the United States. The bird I show here is called the house finch. It competes directly with another native North American finch called the purple finch ...

One of the most common finches is the house finch. These colorful little birds were once found mostly around Mexico and parts of the western United States. In the 1940s, ...

With common bird populations on the decline, these birds are “the canary in the coal mine,” said Ken Rosenberg, ... the house finch is both native and introduced to North America.

While the house finch remains one of the 10 most common backyard birds in the U.S., its population of millions has been cut in half by house finch eye disease over the past 25 years and likely ...

Other local finches are the purple finch, a winter visitor, and house finch, a common nesting species, especially in Grand Forks. Less colorful members of the family are generally called sparrows.

One of the birds we love to see in the winter is called a purple finch. This medium-sized bird is common at winter feeders in Central Minnesota, but not in the summer months.

House Finch, Haemorhous mexicanus – Originally found only in the Southwest, these birds were introduced to other parts of the U.S. in the 1940s. These flittering finches are adaptable and have ...