HOUSE FINCH

The house finch is about 13-14 cm (5-5 1/2") long. Males are red with an eyebrow stripe, throat, chest, and rump bright red to pale yellow. Flanks whitish with heavy brown stripes. Back, wings, and tail are brown. The colouring of a male can range from deep red to golden yellow, depending on available diet during molting. The femaile is grayish brown with blurry streaks on chest and sides. Face all brown, with no eyestripe.
House finches are common at feeders and enjoy thistle, sunflower and other seeds.
The House Finch was originally a bird of the southwestern United States and Mexico. In 1940 a small number of finches were turned loose on Long Island, New York, and they quickly started breeding. They spread across the entire eastern United States and southern Canada within the next 50 years.