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 ...

Once the nesting season is over, the birds join flocks and move out, probably in an effort to get away from their disgusting nests. Wild house finches only live for a few years, Phyllis, so it's ...

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 ...

I think the second bird that you see in the nest is actually the first one. House finch can have up to six broods each year between March and August, but they are more likely to have two or three.

The house finch may not be one of the more colorful backyard bird visitors, but it does bring a cheerful song, lots of activity and regular nesting in urban shrubbery. As I write […] Skip to content ...

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 ...

Urban house finches have turned one of our worst habits into their own personal form of bug spray. Specifically, these birds pack their nests full of cigarette butts to ward off ticks, which eat th… ...

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 ...