DEAR JOAN: I have a house flinch that insists on building a nest on the wires — telephone, cable, electric — above my bedroom window. It creates a mess, but I could deal this with it except that last ...

House finches are small songbirds. Males have rosy red heads and chests, while females are brownish. These birds are native ...

Early last spring, I wrote about a pair of friendly house finches that decided to build a nest in a wreath on our front door. Less than a week after the first five baby fledglings flew the coop, they ...

If you have a birdfeeder anywhere around your home, chances are you are quite familiar with one of its most prolific visitors. The house finch may not be one of the more colorful backyard bird ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — It’s nesting season, which means hundreds of bird species are looking for a spot to settle down. Sometimes they choose some unfavorable locations, and that’s exactly what ...

DEAR JOAN: A pair of house finches decided to make their nest in one of the eaves of my house. After they built the nest, things were quiet for at least four to five weeks as they apparently were ...

If you have a bird feeder in the continental United States, you have almost certainly been visited by house finches. On both sides of the Mississippi their hungry flocks coat feeders like displays of ...

SAN ANGELO — I doubt there is anyone who doesn’t know that birds lay eggs to reproduce and because they cannot carry the eggs around, they must be laid in a nest of some sort. It is the sort of nest ...

It’s that time of year here in our neck of Pennsylvania when it’s prime nesting season for our feathered friends. Case in point: Our home in Northbrook is now surrounded by nesting birds. These ...