House Finch
They're Baaack !!!
The House Finch was originally a bird of the southwestern United States and Mexico. In 1940 a small number of finches were turned loose on Long Island, New York, and they quickly started breeding.
They spread across the entire eastern United States and southern Canada within the next 50 years.
The red color of a male House Finch comes from pigments that it gets in its food during molt. The more pigment in the food, the redder the male.
Females prefer to mate with the reddest male they can find, perhaps assuring that they get a capable male who can find enough food to feed the nestlings. More
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Posted by: Beth | March 18, 2004 at 11:55 AM
Thanks for the link to the Cornell "All About Birds" site.
Posted by: Beth W. | March 20, 2004 at 04:25 PM
I think I just had a house finch on a window bird feeder in St. Petersburg Fl. Is this Possible?
Posted by: Genevieve Beat | January 04, 2007 at 01:30 PM