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. The post House Finch vs Purple Finch: How to Tell the ...

House finches are common sights at feeders during winter in this area, particularly in urban locations, but when they’re seen, they’re often mistaken for purple finches.

As the house finch spread its range across the U.S., it brought along with it a disease that affects the eyes of the purple finch, causing its eyes to swell shut. This in turn has made it hard for ...

The male house differs from the male purple finch not only by having a smaller, more curved bill, but also by lacking a distinct eyebrow, having a brown cap and auricular patch, and being heavily ...

House finches nest in our area in the summer months but are very rare in the winter as they do migrate south. The overall range of a house finch is very extensive compared to the purple finch.

I remember the first house finch I saw, and unless I was with Bartlett Hendricks, a far more experienced birder, I would have assumed that it was a purple finch. It was Jan. 12, 1968, at a bird feeder ...

The attractive Cassin’s finch of the montane west is slightly larger and longer winged than the similar purple finch, which it occasionally overlaps with during winter. It is often seen in small ...

Female house finches are more discrete than their mates and are streaky brownish-gray. (Photo by Mick Thompson) What does it sound like? The main currents are composed of warmly bubbling warbles ...

According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Great Backyard Bird Count, the eighth most-frequent feeder bird is the house finch.

Our last column focused on Juncos. This week, we will focus in a lesser manner on two other feeder birds, the black-capped chickadee and the more recent addition, the house finch. Let us begin with ...

A male house finch displays a reddish-brick color in its head and upper body and is slimmer than the purple finch. Females of both species are drab sparrow-like birds with heavily-streaked undersides.