Here are some important things to look out for when you see a small red finch in your backyard ... U.S. during breeding season. And purple finches may be seen anywhere in the southeastern states ...

Natural selection at its most powerful winnowed certain finches harshly during a severe drought in 1977. That year, the vegetation withered. Seeds of all kinds were scarce. The small, soft ones ...

The house is a relatively small Carpodacus finch with a longish ... Identifying the male and female house from other Carpodacus finches requires care. The male house differs from the male purple ...

It is often seen in small flocks, mainly in pine forest ... Generally lighter pink than other Haemorhous finches, with distinctive fine streaking on the undertail coverts. Male: a bright pinkish ...

The Stokes Guide to Finches of the United States and Canada,” by Lillian Stokes and Matthew A. Young, published in 2024, is ...

on the small island of Daphne Major. Daphne Major serves as an ideal site for research because the finches have few predators or competitors. (The only other finch on the island is the cactus finch.) ...

Lastly, the reddish mating color on his head feathers appears fainter and lesser than the other male finches. Is it bird flu? Is it old age? Do I report this? To whom? I put shelled sunflower seeds ...