Mountaineers who venture high into the Colorado Rockies have likely spotted medium-sized, brown-and-pink birds rummaging around on snow patches for insects and seeds. These high-elevation specialists ...

Q: I watched a beautiful male cardinal feeding an all-brown bird on the roof of my garage. Why would it feed another species? A: That’s a great observation and it indicates how different young ...

Finches come in various colors, from shades of purple, red, black, orange, yellow, blue, brown, and more. Many have more than one color. Finches can also vary between genders of specific species.

House finches show up at bird feeders all year, but on most visits, their plumage is hardly eye-catching. They have dense brown streaking on the underside and a robust conical beak. Both males and ...

House finches should certainly generate interest, setting aside their never-ending appetite for birdseed. While the female and juvenile birds are brown with smoky-brown streaking, the males have a ...

House finch males can be highly variable in color with most a light pinkish red, but varying to a darker rose red, orange red or even yellow with brown streaking on the sides.

Females have cryptically brown plumage, marked by blurry brown streaks. Before 1988, the birds, which were common in the Hill Country, would have been a rare sight around Houston.