Identifying the male and female house from other Carpodacus finches requires care. The male house differs from the male purple finch not only by having a smaller, more curved bill, but also by ...

T he male has reddish forehead, breast and rump; a female house finch is streaked gray and brown above, with a lighter underside. Both sexes have brown-streaked bellies. These birds measure 5 3/4 ...

Highly adaptable, they are found in both urban and suburban areas, coniferous forests and riparian areas. Weighing only a few ounces, the female is somewhat smaller than the male.

It’s simpler for female house finches. According to Geoffrey E. Hill of Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, who has studied these birds for years, what they look for is redness. That’s a variable ...

The house finches seemed to be more reticent about visiting the feeders when the purple finches were there. It’s not easy to tell the house and purple finch apart, but there are several clues.

House finches are one of the most rambunctious and noticeable of all of the avian species that live in this area. Their calls vary from a simple “chee” to a series of multiple-toned “chee ...

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.

The same is true for male house finches, according to a new study. Female house finches prefer to mate with males with the reddest feathers, but dull-colored males make themselves more appealing ...

What a treat it must have been for Michelle Gaggiotti to look out of the window into her Newcastle yard in Virginia Beach and see several rare purple finches visiting her feeder! These rosy red nor… ...