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 ...

I am seeing just a few purple finches at the feeders now. Last year, over a dozen were here on many days in January. Some may migrate to the south […] ...

Could a novel approach to genetic studies give us a clearer picture of how evolutionary adaptations occur? That's what the ...

Female house finches do most of the nest building and all of the egg incubating. The males help out with feeding the nestlings. Audubon has this to say about the species' spread: "Native to the ...

What Does a House Finch Look Like? The 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 ...