House finches and purple finches are both small birds which are native to North America. Both species have stunning red and ...

Sometimes the most common things are extraordinarily beautiful, especially if we just slow down and really take a look. The ...

Birders predict which species, including finches, will visit the Adirondacks this winter based on available food sources.

Feeding our wild birds is a pleasurable pursuit during long winter months, but before either purchasing a bird feeder or seed ...

The difference between these birds becomes clear when you compare the adult males. Purple finches are a deep cranberry or ...

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 ...

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 ...

Many people, however, don’t realize they have purple finches at their feeders. If you feed birds, you probably see common house finches year-round. This species originally resided in Mexico and ...

It occasionally joins the more common house finch at seed feeders in winter. Polytypic. Length 6.3". Highly sexually dimorphic with males pink and females brown. Generally lighter pink than other ...