It can be tricky to ID a house finch vs purple finch — here are the field marks and differences to look for when you see a small red finch. ... Check out 20 super pretty pictures of finches. 3.

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 ...

These two birds with the cardinal on Stuart McCausland’s feeder in Kempsville are female and male purple finches. There. I’ve said it. After years of wondering and guessing when I see a… ...

Ghost images can appear and multiple reflections can cause terrible distortions. The Thinking Chair does not have this problem and I can get some decent photos from a distance. At the kitchen window, ...

The purple finch's bird song is so lovely, it features prominently in 19th-century literature. Their color is not purple, but rather described as rosy-crimson, purply-pink, ... Buy Photos; The purple ...

The house finches seemed to be more reticent about visiting the feeders when the purple finches were there. It’s not easy to tell the house and purple finch apart, but there are several clues.

Finches come in various colors, from shades of purple, red, black, orange, yellow, blue, brown, and more. Many have more than one color. Finches can also vary between genders of specific species.

And a Kingwood resident was excited about finding purple finches at his birdfeeder this summer. Fortunately, they all provided photos that clinched the identification of the birds as house finches.

“Backyard Songbirds” by Marcus Schneck introduces the reader to 100 familiar North American species. The book breaks up the continent into six zones, helping you identify birds by listing them ...

A Sugar Land reader emailed a description of a sparrow-size , reddish-headed bird in her yard. She wondered if it could be an escaped caged bird. An email from a Hill Country couple recounted ...