The purple finch is quite particular about its choice of habitat in ... He has worked for the National Park Service, the U.S. Forest Service, the Nature Conservancy and the Massachusetts State Parks ...

Q: We live in Adams and are new at this: We have had bird feeders for two years now and have learned to name most of the birds that come.

The purple finch (Haemorhous purpureus ... a special breed of chicken that was developed in Rhode Island and Massachusetts from the famous Rhode Island red. So, actually, except for the name ...

It’s usually about mid to late April, and that’s the same time the purple finch stops in the yard to partake of sunflower oilers while on its way to its northerly breeding grounds. Over the ...

The similar male house finch has streaked underparts and a squarish tail, and the bird can be orange and sometimes yellow. Both females are brown and heavily streaked, but the purple finch has a ...

But spotting the differences between a house finch vs a purple finch is particularly tricky. After all, the two species look incredibly alike! Here are some important things to look out for when ...

One could easily confuse the Cassin’s finch with the closely related purple finch or even the more familiar house finch. For ...

It competes directly with another native North American finch called the purple finch. As the house finch spread its range across the U.S., it brought along with it a disease that affects the eyes ...