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 ...

But spotting the differences between a house finch vs a purple finch is particularly tricky. After all, the two species look ...

A female house finch forages near the Hay Barn at UC Santa Cruz. House finches are common from coast to coast today and are ...