Finches & Allies

Look For This streaky brown finch has a narrow, fine-tipped bill and shows yellow flashes in the wings and tail […]

Look For The adult male has a crown that is brighter red than the rest of its head and neck,

Look For People who feed birds are familiar with the house finches that sometimes cover feeders with fluttering, tweeting flocks.

Look For The male purple finch is washed with a raspberry red (not purple), as if he’d been dipped upside

This highly variable species is usually a denizen of the North and of the mountainous, but periodic irruptions bring large

Look For Of all the birds in North America, the male painted buntings are the most vividly colored. Painted buntings

The lazuli bunting is the western counterpart of the eastern indigo bunting and the two hybridize where they overlap in the Great

Look For Appearing all black against the light, a male indigo bunting properly lit is an unforgettable sight.  The breathtaking,

Look For The rose-breasted grosbeak is a songbird of eastern deciduous woodlands. In flight, male rose-breasteds flash a pinwheel of

Named for its two most obvious field marks, the deep blue color and the thick, powerful bill, it is the