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The House Finch is native to the American west. A pretty bird (it looks like a sparrow dipped up to its neck in red wine), House Finches were live-trapped in California after World War I and sold in eastern pet stores as "Hollywood Finches."
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Size: 5" Female: A plain brown bird with a heavily streaked white chest. Male: orange, red face, chest and rump, a brown cap, brown marking behind eyes, brown wings streaked with white, steaked belly. Juvenile: similar to female Nest: cup, sometimes in cavities, female builds, 2 brooks per year. Eggs: 4-5, pale blue, lightely incubates Incubation: 12-14 days, female incubates Fledging: 15-19 days, female and male feed young Migration: non-migratory to partial migration, will move around to find food Food: seeds, fruit, leaf buds, will visit seed feeders Compare: Female Cassin's Finch has a more heavily streaked belly. Similar to Pine Siskin, but lacks yellow wing bars and has a larger bill. Very similar female. Purple finch had bold white eyebrows. |
Photographs by Kay Ekwall and JP Ekwall
Josephine County, Southern Oregon
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