Birds with “house” built into their names are, not surprisingly, common urban residents. Three such birds found in Minnesota include the house wren, house finch and house sparrow. Here’s a quick bio ...

House finch eye disease If you spot a house finch or related species with red, swollen and crusty eyes, the bird is likely infected with house finch eye disease .

For example, over six seasons, the house sparrow was listed as top bird 76 times. 1. House sparrow. ... A flying paradox, the house finch is both native and introduced to North America.

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 ...

One of the most common finches is the house finch. These colorful little birds were once found mostly around Mexico and parts of the western United States. In the 1940s, ...

Meanwhile, western house finches began spreading eastward and soon met up with progeny from the eastern transplants. The birds then became common in many parts of the country, including Texas.

A classic bird identification challenge is separating House from Cassin’s Finches. Pictured are House Finches. The male House Finch has heavy streaking on the flanks that is lacking or faint on ...

Let us begin with house finch. The house finch, I believe, was not first recorded in The Berkshires until 1950, as confirmed by Waldo S. Bailey, in Ashley Falls. Bailey discovered a family in Ashley ...

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.

This species lived in Mexico and the southwestern United States, but in the 1940s more than 10,000 were trapped and illegally sold in New York as caged birds. The house finches reproduced and ...