House finches should ... Society in 1982 and the Texas Coast Rare Bird Alert in 1983. He served as president of the Houston Audubon Society 1989-1991 and purchased the North American Rare Bird ...

The house finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) is unquestionably one of the most common, although lesser-known birds in North America ... adornment of bright ruby-red breasts and faces.

We are prone to pay scant attention to the ever-present house finches ... Texas Coast Rare Bird Alert in 1983. He served as president of the Houston Audubon Society 1989-1991 and purchased the ...

The birds are semi-migratory, numbers decreasing in winter. House finches also are among many bird species whose feathers are randomly colored red ... for the "Birds of North America" series.

as males of both have a lot of red on the head. This is a house finch. In your photo (above), the bird is perched at an angle, making it hard to discern the slimmer body, longer tail and slightly ...

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.

but I can say — with a great degree of confidence — that the birds are….house finches! After several photographs and consulting with various bird watchers, the identification was made ...

Before the 1940s, purple finches were the only red ... the north and in the mountains of Pennsylvania, and from there up to northern Canada. They are the state bird of New Hampshire. House finches ...

Birders in the far north ... The birds, known for their bright red feathers, earned their name from the scarlet garments worn by cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church. House sparrows live ...

Both the male House and Cassin’s Finches have brownish bodies with red highlights ... “Better Birdwatching,” a DVD series on North American birds. Contact him with questions and feedback ...