Minnesota's first house finch was recorded in 1980 at a feeder in Minnetonka, according to Robert Janssen's book "Birds in Minnesota." By the 1990s house finches had been seen in each of our 87 ...

The House Finch must stay within one mile of water during hot summer months. Doves, on the other hand, may fly up to 10 or more miles to reach water, greatly increasing the area available for ...

The house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) is a songbird native to the desert areas of North America.It is found in urban and rural areas of Mexico and the southwestern parts of the United States ...

House finches are some of the most numerous birds at my feeder right now, always there in cheery little groups of bright red males and subtly brown-streaked females. They are fun to take photos of ...

House finches historically native to Mexico and the southwestern desert of the US, including California. Introduced to Hawaii in 1870, occupying all major Hawaiian Islands by 1901.

House finches are some of the most numerous birds at my feeder right now, always there in cheery little groups of bright red males and subtly brown-streaked females. They are fun to take photos of ...

Desert songbirds may face expanding threat of lethal dehydration ... They looked at the lesser goldfinch, house finch, cactus wren, Abert's towhee and curve-billed thrasher, ...

As nonmigratory birds, house sparrows stay put all year, much to the chagrin of native songbirds who migrate and are displaced from their nesting sites. 4. House finch ...

The house finch is not native to the eastern United States. This species lived in Mexico and the southwestern United States, but in the 1940s more than 10,000 were trapped and illegally sold in ...

House finch eye disease jumped from domestic poultry to the wild population of house finches, in which it was first observed in 1994 in the Baltimore-Washington D.C. area. ...

DEAR JOAN: A male house finch that is a regular visitor to my deck for sunflower seeds appears sick. He’s less active, and when he perches, he gapes his beak open and closed, over and over, like ...