The house finch is commonly found throughout much of the Lower 48. The range of the purple finch is restricted to the dense forests of the West Coast, southern Canada and the northeastern U.S ...

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.

Learn more about the house finch. A house finch photographed in Christoval, Texas. ... The female house has a very plain face, unlike the purple and Cassin’s, which both show distinct eyebrows.

The bird I show here is called the house finch. It competes directly with another native North American finch called the purple finch... Sunday, October 27 48°F / Cape Girardeau ...

One of the birds we love to see in the winter is called a purple finch. This medium-sized bird is common at winter feeders in Central Minnesota, but not in the summer months.

This morning, with nearly an inch of snow as far as I could see from my home office, I sat nursing a cup of coffee and watched the birds at our window feeders. The sunflower heart feeder had a pair of ...

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 ...

Two that might be confusing are the purple finch and the house finch. For the most part, the purple finch is a winter resident in the southeastern United States, primarily from mid-October to mid ...

House finches aren't native here, either. Dealers of caged birds, smitten by the finch's pleasant warbles, began peddling the birds. A number of finches were released in New York City in 1940, and ...