“Seemingly similar birds can be really different from each ... A female house finch has a fairly plain brown face, while a female purple finch has a contrasting white eyebrow and whisker mark.

The bird I show here is called the house finch. It competes directly with another native North American finch called the purple finch. As the house finch spread its range across the U.S., it ...

On July 2, 1990, I saw a male purple finch at my bird feeder, and the next day, a female purple finch was feeding her young at the feeder. Purple finches were also seen at the feeders July 7 ...

Over the years though, it’s been difficult to see a purple finch at the feeders because the introduced house finch chases it away. This spring, the bird tables were turned as seven female and at ...

The white on the belly pushes up into the breast as the raspberry hues streak down the sides, giving the bird a red-vested appearance. Female purple finches have softly toned brown heads marked by ...

Female purple finch also cab be tricky to distinguish from ... and winter is a short and repetitive 'tek.” OTHER OCTOBER BIRDS - Sparrow diversity ramps up in October. There are about 18 species ...

Not a crimson feather to be seen. She has a prominent bold head pattern which makes her easy to distinguish from the smaller but, just as drab, female house finch. Purple finches are small, gregarious ...

The house finch holds its feathers flat. Females of the two species are also similar, falling into that all-encompassing category of LBJ (Little Brown Job) birds. The female purple finch has dark ...

We don’t get the variety of birds in our yard during the winter months that we do in the summer. Still, we have a pretty loyal following that show every day to munch on the morsels we put out ...

The female purple finch has streaks that remind me more of a chocolate brown ... Purple finches can do this, but house finches can’t. So, the observation of birds and close-quarters photography is now ...

Identifying the male and female house from other Carpodacus finches requires care. The male house differs from the male purple finch not only by having a smaller, more curved bill, but also by ...