In March 1942, a flock of seven house finches was discovered on Long Island. This was highly unusual, since at the time, house finches were typically found only west of the Mississippi River, ...

My first encounter with these birds was when they began nesting in a hanging flower basket on my parents' porch more than 20 years ago. They just placed a small nest in the middle of the pot and went ...

Habitat: Native to open and desert habitats, but have expanded their range, naturally and through introductions, and now can be found in almost any kind of human-altered habitat. Lifespan: 8-9 years ...

Our last column focused on Juncos. This week, we will focus in a lesser manner on two other feeder birds, the black-capped chickadee and the more recent addition, the house finch. Let us begin with ...

The birds arrived amid a snowstorm Sunday that plastered the south-facing sides of my bird feeders with a thick blanket of wet snow. Flock size has been growing with the approach of colder weather, ...

Social distancing when sick has become second nature to many of us in the past few years, but some sick animals appear to take a different approach. A new study of house finches uncovered a surprising ...

Red and yellow male house finches eat at a bird feeder in an urban Phoenix backyard. The loss of natural habitat may be a driving force behind increases in avian parasite infections. Disclaimer: AAAS ...

While the house finch remains one of the 10 most common backyard birds in the U.S., its population of millions has been cut in half by house finch eye disease over the past 25 years and likely will ...