This past summer, I was fortunate enough to have a pair of purple finches nest near me, allowing me to observe their courtship ritual for the first time. The male sang incessantly from a tree ...

The purple finch also has solid white undertail coverts, its rear-end feathers, while the house finch has dark streaking on its undertail coverts. The house finch is not native to the eastern ...

This purple finch nest with four finch eggs and one from a brown-headed cowbird, a notorious brood parasite. Photo courtesy of Tom Tatum Some would-be hosts of the cowbird eggs take matters into ...

This purple finch nest with four finch eggs and one from a brown-headed cowbird, a notorious brood parasite. Photo courtesy of Tom Tatum Some would-be hosts of the cowbird eggs take matters into ...

This purple finch nest with four finch eggs and one from a brown-headed cowbird, a notorious brood parasite. Photo courtesy of Tom Tatum Some would-be hosts of the cowbird eggs take matters into ...

This purple finch nest with four finch eggs and one from a brown-headed cowbird, a notorious brood parasite. Photo courtesy of Tom Tatum Some would-be hosts of the cowbird eggs take matters into ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Purple finches are often regular visitors to our feeders. The gorgeous ...

Family: Finch. House finch vs purple finch: How to tell the difference. ... so there might have been deficiencies in the bird’s diet back when this set of feathers was growing in.

The purple finch's bird song is so lovely, it features prominently in 19th-century literature. Their color is not purple, but rather described as rosy-crimson, ... Not a crimson feather to be seen.

The current record for the number of birds observed in my yard in during December is 31 species and that record was set just last year. On my first day of observations, I managed to pick up 18 species ...

The purple finch is rarely seen in this area during the summer months as very few purple finch nest in southern Wisconsin. Most breed in the northern half of the state. At this time of year, those ...