But one newcomer this year is a pair of purple finches that decided to construct their nest in the middle of one of our hanging baskets on the front porch. The eye level nest afforded me close ...

But one newcomer this year is a pair of purple finches that decided to construct their nest in the middle of one of our hanging baskets on the front porch. The eye level nest afforded me close ...

House finches nest on the edges of open areas, sometimes on street lamps or in ivy on the sides of buildings. Purple finches nest primarily in forest conifers or dense shrubs, and at times in ...

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 ...

In The Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas (1982-1987), no successfully nesting purple finches were confirmed south of I-70. On July 2, 1990, I saw a male purple finch at my bird feeder, and the next day ...

Female purple finches can also be told apart from female house finches by their distinct white eyebrow. We have house finches that recently built a nest under our roof overhang. Had it been a ...

Among the regulars, we usually had purple finches coming to the feeders year after year during the winters … nary a house finch. Now the opposite is true. Pale reddish and orangey house finches come ...

Our feeders here in Waterville are being overrun by purple finches. Although purple finches nest in Maine, their population can swell in the non-breeding season by finches from elsewhere.

In the spring, the purple finch does a short migration from our part of the state to nest in northern Minnesota or Canada. Its summer habitat is mainly in the coniferous forest areas found in ...