Finches are a widespread family of birds, mostly known for their beautiful songs and colors. Goldfinches are a common songbird throughout North America. The American goldfinch prefers to nest in ...

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 ...

There are now at least 13 species of finches on the Galapagos Islands ... from an original paucity of birds in this archipelago, one species had been taken and modified for different ends." ...

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’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 ...

The toughest shoot in the Andes film involved filming the white-winged Diuca finch – also known as the glacier bird. It’s the only bird known to build its nest inside glaciers, and with a ...

This is because as seedeaters, the birds wait for thistles to produce seed before building nests and feeding their ... A flying paradox, the house finch is both native and introduced to North ...