House finches and purple finches are both small birds which are native to North America. Both species have stunning red and brown plumage which means that they are easily confused for each other.

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 ...

The house finch is one of the most common birds in North America. This is a small finch at 6 inches in length, brownish overall with streaking on the breast and a short, stout beak. The male has a ...

House finches also are among many bird species whose feathers are randomly colored red, orange, and yellow by what they eat. The key to color is plants containing the chemical carotenoid, a yellow ...

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 ...

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 ...

We had a newcomer at our birdfeeder today. It looked like a sparrow, but we thought its head had a touch of red. It was exciting, since our winter birds left long ago. Except for a pair of ...

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 ...

It seems like I have written a lot about birds lately, perhaps because even in our coldest weather many are still around and visible. 3 months/99¢ a month SUBSCRIBE NOW Show Search.

While the female and juvenile birds are brown with smoky-brown streaking, the males have a... House finches find a home in Texas Chron Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

House finches sing a bubbly, melodic, albeit raspy warblerlike tune that I've always found pleasing on trips to the Hill Country. I began hearing the birds in my own Houston-area neighborhood in ...