Ditto for washing the birdbath every 2 or 3 days. My avian guests include house finches, California towhees, Oregon juncoes, ...

But spotting the differences between a house finch vs a purple finch is particularly tricky. After all, the two species look incredibly alike! Here are some important things to look out for when ...

The attractive house finch is one of the more common and recognizable species throughout the United States. Originally a “western” species of semiarid environments, it was introduced in the ...

It occasionally joins the more common house finch at seed feeders in winter ... and the Sierra Nevada and southern mountain ranges in California. Winter: unpredictable. Often stays in breeding ...