house finch picture?

I have had a new visitor the past few days..a med.small brownish bird with alot of red on it. Bird store suggested house finch. Cant find a picture. If someone has a real picture of a house finch, would you mind posting it. Its not a skiddish bird at all. You can get a good look...just havent ever seen one. Could only get one VERY bad picture..sun was going down and facing camera. thanks

male house finch

thats it! I didnt believe the guy :-o.....it was to pretty to be called common lol thanks for the picture. I have never seen them before at my feeder, I'm pretty jazzed at anything new.

Your welcome garden! I have so many here I sometimes feel like a breeder. I was so glad to see pretty large numbers of Junco's show up in the Fall just to have something different. Heres a male with a female HF.

yes, i have seen her too, I need to get my thistle...and fast. The earliest I have had any thistle eating birds is valentines day...and that is even considered very early for the yellow finches. I have already seen a few this past week. We dont have junco's..or that ive seen.

House Finch are considered exotics in Fla. or at least last time I heard.

They're downright common out here in the PNW, but I sure enjoy them!

I think thats a Purple Finch; isn't it?

Pell, I don't think we get Purple Finches out here, but I wouldn't swear to it. As far as I know, we only get the House Finch.

I just re-checked one of my books - the Purple is around, but mostly in the forests. However, the one I showed is pretty stocky, isn't he? Definitely looks more like a Purple Finch. I'll try to keep an eye out for him!

Murmur, the only reason I ask is because yours in the pic has the red all over which none of mine do; plus aren't the beaks different?

They are exotic I believe in florida. Ive been bird watching pretty good in my yard for a good 9 years...never saw one. Odd day today, hardly any birds at a usually busy feeder.Not to sound silly...but we first saw the bird head on....I thought it was a baby woodpecker...only thing i could think of with that red head. It soon turned to the side and we saw the brown of a mature bird...looked like two different birds in one.

Pelle, I think you very well might be right - and that's pretty exciting to me!!!

I just read there are 2 subspecies of them. The Pacific form and a more widespread one. Pretty interesting.

Garden, you should have some goldfinch down there too. Maybe when you put out the thistle you'll see more.
The house finch love safflower too.

the pair of males seem to be talking about something- like two guys at the water cooler. this picture could get a good caption

here is one "good looking" male house finch , back from Arizona , yet

I am loaded with goldfinch, for about 3 good weeks. Certainly going to put the thistle on out this morning!

Thanks for posting the finch pics, Haven't seen them around in the past, but then I work most of the time. Off for Dr appt this morning. Just took my first pictures of house finches this morning. Sharing, just cause I can. LOL!
Happy BWing!!

Nice pic of the male HF birds!