DEAR JOAN: A pair of house finches decided to make their nest in one of the eaves of my house. After they built the nest, things were quiet for at least four to five weeks as they apparently were ...

DEAR JOAN: Every spring I wedge some baskets onto the header under our patio roof. Pairs of house finches come and make nests and raise offspring. This year we had eight nests with 40 eggs. Most ...

Type “house finch song” into the internet or a free bird identification app like Merlin, and learn to hear that distinctive punctuation. Between song and the fledgling of young comes nest ...

Bird counts in the 1960s showed only a few house finches in a couple of Eastern states. Counts from successive decades show a westward movement, now reaching all the way through the Dakotas to ...

House finches rarely use birdhouses; they are more likely to seek out ledges, eaves, and even hanging baskets for raising young. Goldfinches build cup-shaped nests in trees or shrubs, sometimes as ...

Because of its practice of laying eggs in other birds’ nests leaving its young to be raised by their “foster” parents, ... the house sparrow, as a finch, has a more sizeable beak.

“The house finch is a very social bird,” which nests in colonies or groups. Purple finches, however, often nest on their own. In the winter, they join flocks with pine siskins and goldfinches .

Because of its practice of laying eggs in other birds’ nests leaving its young to be raised by their “foster” parents, ... the house sparrow, as a finch, has a more sizeable beak.

T he 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 ...

For that reason, I generally don’t consider them homes. But the analogy is apt, if only to convey the uniqueness of their ...

House finches (Carpodacus mexicanus) frequently come to my tube bird feeder because of the small openings that permit black oil sunflower seeds to be easily reached, and because of their ...

Some species, including the house finch, are federally protected. “It’s actually illegal to mess with the nest while it’s active,” said Lindsey Krusling, wildlife communications specialist ...