By June 11, five baby birds had hatched. According to the Golden Gate Audubon Society, they were house finches.” Submitting a picture: Send a high-resolution JPEG file with your comments and the ...

DEAR JOAN: Every spring I wedge some baskets onto the header under our patio roof. Pairs of house finches come and make nests and raise offspring. This year we had eight nests with 40 eggs.

A flying paradox, the house finch is both native and introduced to North America. Originally native to Mexico and the Western United States, house finches were shipped to New York City and sold as ...