Berkshire Eagle: Thom Smith: What's the difference between house finch, purple finch?
Berkshire Eagle: Thom Smith: Can you tell the difference between house and purple finches?
A male house finch feasts on Hawthorne berries. House finch females lack strong facial markings and are an overall grayish-brown color. Males vary in color from orange-red to a deeper purple-red, but ...
Thom Smith: Can you tell the difference between house and purple finches?
I’ve been trying for several years to get good pictures that show the differences between purple finches and house finches, the two species of reddish finches that live in or migrate through Berks ...
Female purple finches can also be told apart from female house finches by their distinct white eyebrow. We have house finches that recently built a nest under our roof overhang. Had it been a messy ...
If you hang a bird feeder outside your home, there’s a good chance that your first visitor will be some kind of finch. We have five kinds of finches in Marin: the reddish house finch and purple finch, ...
Prior to the 1900s, house finches couldn’t be found in this area. Now the problem isn’t seeing them here — it’s identifying them. This is the time of year when many people are focused on bird feeding.
Post-Bulletin: Nature Nut: House finches now make nearly every state their home
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AGFC) -- Bird of the Week for March 27 is the House Finch. About 10,000 different bird species populate the world, so it's not surprising that several species look remarkably ...
Foster's Daily Democrat: Nature News: Purple finches stand out in the bird-feeder crowd