The red breast is clearly demarcated from ... Identifying the male and female house from other Carpodacus finches requires care. The male house differs from the male purple finch not only by ...

Purple finches have more extensive red hues, especially on their backs and the bodies. In comparison, male house finches are heavily streaked. Female Cassin’s finches show bold streaks but ...

If you just saw a flash of red in the backyard ... they sometimes snack on aphids and other small insects. Female house finches do most of the nest building and all of the egg incubating.

I was fortunate enough to have a pair of purple finches nest near me, allowing me to observe their courtship ritual for the first time. The male sang incessantly from a tree ...

The male has reddish forehead, breast and rump; a female house finch is streaked ... fascinating color variation. Male house finches are usually marked with red, but sometimes those red areas ...