If you've spotted a yellow house finch, you might wonder if it's rare — and what caused the yellow coloration. Here's what ...

When you spend hours and hours watching the same community of birds in the same place over the course of weeks, months and years, you risk the chance of getting a little bored. To keep things ...

Learn what a house finch looks like and how to attract one. Find out facts about the house finch nest, eggs, range, habitat ...

Columnist Bill Danielson's careful winter watch reveals a male house finch missing most of his upper beak, raising questions ...

While female house finches are somewhat sparrow-like in appearance, the males have a lot of reddish coloration. House finches are not sparrows, but instead in a family that includes other species, ...

House finches (Carpodacus mexicanus) frequently come to my tube bird feeder because of the small openings that permit black oil sunflower seeds to be easily reached, and because of their preference ...

We are prone to pay scant attention to the ever-present house finches at our backyard bird feeders. They’re not the most eye-catching birds. But the males attract the females' attention with a bit of ...

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 ...

The sight of a sick or dead bird at a feeder doesn’t evoke the same delight as a visit from a healthy, chirping songbird. Seeing diseased birds is often a source of concern, confusion and even guilt ...

This is a tale of two finches — actually two different finch species — and the American redbud. There’s a certain time of year when the native redbud is blooming, with its tiny pink flowers in ...

In last week’s column, I mentioned that the pine siskin is similar in appearance to the female or immature house finch, so featuring the house finch next seemed logical. Once a bird of the Desert ...