Now I put off the task because there is a nest in the bowl of the porch light, twigs and sticks shadowing the glass, left over from last spring when little house finches built it for their young. It ...

She lacks the distinct pale eyebrow found on the male. Identifying the male and female house from other Carpodacus finches requires care. The male house differs from the male purple finch not only ...

And purple finches may be seen anywhere in the southeastern states during fall, winter and spring. Before its expansion throughout the U.S., the house finch was native to the Southwest and was ...

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 bellies. These birds measure 5 3/4 ...