3. Nesting The nesting habits of these two birds are completely different. House finches nest on the edges of open areas, sometimes on street lamps or in ivy on the sides of buildings.

Shortly after, the female will begin a new nest, repeating the process. House finches are not as territorial as are most birds. They will nest closely to a neighboring nest.

Bird nests are as varied as the species that nest here From tightly woven masterpieces to casually plopped arrays, different species follow their own blueprints.

A wifi security camera taped to the house oversees a finch nest. Photo: David Pogue I head inside, wait ten minutes, and check the app. There is a small brown bird on the nest right now! It’s ...

The next time I checked our finch nest, I was surprised to find the cowbird egg was gone, as was one of the finch eggs, leaving just three finch eggs in the nest. The intrusive cowbird youngster ...

The next time I checked our finch nest, I was surprised to find the cowbird egg was gone, as was one of the finch eggs, leaving just three finch eggs in the nest. The intrusive cowbird youngster ...

This purple finch nest with four finch eggs and one from a brown-headed cowbird, a notorious brood parasite. Photo courtesy of Tom Tatum ...

House Finch, Haemorhous mexicanus – Originally found only in the Southwest, these birds were introduced to other parts of the U.S. in the 1940s.

Mama House Finch brings a sprig for the nest she is building in the eave of my house. It has been a yearly tradition the past five or six years. Taken with my Nikon Z6iii with a 600mm lens through the ...

Many other birds, including chickadees, cardinals and house finches, will eat safflower (and in the spring, the rose-breasted grosbeaks seem to seek out this seed).

A house wren is a tiny, feathered terrorist. He pulls the nests out of occupied boxes and fills the unoccupied ones with sticks to prevent other birds from nesting there.