Redpolls have a petite body with a distinctive little red spot on their forehead, brown-and-white streaked ... is more likely ...

What Does a House ... s finch. Their nest is a cup made of natural materials, string and feathers on tree branches or manmade structures; the nest holds four to five spotted bluish-white eggs.

Females require a closer look; the House Finch head is finely mottled whereas the Purple Finch shows the appearance of a mask with a dark “stripe” through the eye and white-buff streaks above ...

The abdomen is white, streaked with brown ... During 1993-94, a new and disturbing illness of house finches was discovered — house finch conjunctivitis, primarily spreading through the eastern ...

the white bird looked the same as the finches. It only hung around for about 15 minutes and has not been seen since. My guess is that it is either an albino or leucistic house finch. I’m leaning ...

here are some finch facts: House finches are relatively small songbirds (five inches to five-and-one-half inches long). Their overall gray color is accented by a pinkish head with a narrow ...

Minnesota's first house finch was recorded in 1980 at a feeder ... Yellow-breasted chats can become red-breasted. The white stripe above the eye of white-throated sparrows might have an accent ...

It occasionally joins the more common house finch at seed feeders in winter ... The light pink throat and breast blends into the white on the lower belly. Varying amounts of fine black streaking ...

The attractive house ... finch with a longish, slightly notched tail, short wings, and a distinctly small bill with a curved culmen. Male: the breast, rump, and front of the head are typically ...