In spring and summer, try offering fruit and sugar water. “This bird (above) looks like a house finch, but the coloring is not typical. What kind of bird is this?” asks Birds & Blooms reader ...

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 ...

On freshly molted (nonbreeding) bird, the blackish and reddish regions ... Flight more resembles the house finch than native sparrows. A female orange bishop may be passed off as female house ...

How many birds can you name? Many people can name only a few — even people who have bird feeders. Today’s technology however ...