The House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus ... It will occasionally utilize abandoned nests from other species of birds. The 2 to 6 eggs are small (roughly ¾ inch by ½ inch) and are usually colored a light ...

They almost always are found in flocks which can range from a few birds up to several hundred. House finches even stick ...

House finches, such as this adult male, can be common visitors to hummingbird feeders. By Gary Phillips For The Sun News The bird-breeding season continues in our area, although some species are ...

It aggressively defends nest cavities, possibly to the detriment ... Flight more resembles the house finch than native sparrows. A female orange bishop may be passed off as female house sparrow ...

In 2018 we’ll explore the wonder of birds, and why we can’t live without ... with the largest animals ever to walk on land: The house finch outside your window is a tiny and beautifully ...

It’s long been thought birds have an innate survival drive to build nests. But Healy has shown they also learn from prior success. In 2015, she gave zebra finches in a lab some floppy string to ...

A common way ecologists predict population counts may be an unreliable way of forecasting future bird counts in urban areas, meaning scientists may be overestimating and underestimating the losses of ...

When the lights change, the birds ... finch to use. Sometimes a bird species’ very survival depends on its ability to learn fast. Birds need to recognize a cuckoo egg dumped in their own nest ...

D. Russell A bird making a nest. Taryn Elliott The nests and eggs of birds have fascinated us for hundreds of years. At its simplest the nest is any structure made by a bird in which eggs are laid ...

Nest boxes can be an excellent substitute for the holes found in old trees or dilapidated buildings that cavity-nesting birds, such as tits and sparrows, prefer. But in recent years, bird-welfare ...