What he saw were male house finches in their rich brown breeding plumage. Their look is accented by a vivid red band around the head along with a snappy red chin, throat and rump. The drab brown ...

House finches (Carpodacus mexicanus) frequently come to my tube bird feeder because of the small openings that permit black oil sunflower seeds to be easily reached, and because of their ...

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House finches are the perfect urban bird. They would willingly trade an empty lot filled with grasses and bushes and trees for a nice new house with a bird feeder.

A primary school in Australia is breeding endangered finches. But although the program is bringing awareness to the birds' plight, it won't save them.