House finches are the perfect urban bird. They would willingly trade an empty lot filled with grasses and bushes and trees for a nice new house with a bird feeder. They are fond (understatement) of ...

Prior to the 1900s, house finches couldn’t be found in this area. Now the problem isn’t seeing them here — it’s identifying them. This is the time of year when many people are focused on bird feeding.

That reddish finch at your feeders is an amazing bird, capable of great feats of resilience in the face of some very hard times. Consider its recent history: Its ancestors were netted for years along ...

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 finch. The post House Finch vs Purple Finch: How to Tell the ...

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 ...

It seems like I have written a lot about birds lately, perhaps because even in our coldest weather many are still around and visible. On one of the recent sub-zero days, a group of birds in my ...

I’ve been trying for several years to get good pictures that show the differences between purple finches and house finches, the two species of reddish finches that live in or migrate through Berks ...

How does a new house finch couple find their way to my hidden porch light every May, build a new nest, raise a family or two, leave midsummer, only to return the following May to repeat the same ...

We are prone to pay scant attention to the ever-present house finches at our backyard bird feeders. They’re not the most eye-catching birds. But the males attract the females' attention with a bit of ...

A great opportunity has come to many people’s way: the opportunity to stay at home. There is a fine line between feeling suffocatingly housebound and being filled with relish for your domestic ...

A Sugar Land reader emailed a description of a sparrow-size, reddish-headed bird in her yard. She wondered if it could be an escaped caged bird. An email from a Hill Country couple recounted their ...

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 ...