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A common colorful year-round resident in Imperial Valley that visits grain fields and backyard bird feeders. The males' reddish color becomes even brighter during the breeding season. At one time, these western finches were sold in pet shops back east as "The Hollywood Finch." The ones that were released there have formed an expanding eastern population.

If you are interested in learning more about this bird online - I recommend you start with the Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD. http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/Infocenter/infocenter.html

They present photographs, songs, identification tips, maps, and life history information for North American birds - including the House Finch

OTHER OUTSIDE LINKS FOR THIS BIRD:

House Finch Disease Survey - Cornell University's "Lab of Ornithology" Web site has a citizen project to help monitor the spread of a mysterious disease among House Finches. First noticed in 1994 in the eastern population of Finches, the conjunctivitis appears as red, swollen, crusty eyes. You can help document vital information needed to understand and control this disease.

House Finches - Informative page from Northern State University's "The Natural Source: An Educator's Guide to North Dakota's Natural Resources".

The following "WAV" format sound file is copyrighted by Doug Van Gausig of Sedona, Arizona, as part of the "Sounds of Nature" Web site:

http://users.sedona.net/~dougvg/hfinch1.wav - House Finch song