How to Use house finch in a Sentence

house finch

noun
  • The bright red cap and breast of the adult male house finch is eye-catching in the landscape.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2023
  • By the way, house finches sometimes turn yellow for the same reasons.
    — Gary Clark, Houston Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2018
  • But Cornell spokesman Marc Devokaitis said his best guess is a house finch.
    — Lee Roop, AL.com, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Niger seed, otherwise known as thistle, is adored by goldfinches and house finches.
    — Evan MacDonald, cleveland.com, 25 Dec. 2017
  • Numerous Eastern bluebirds and house finches perched on the fences and wires.
    — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Unlike many other seed feeders, house finches do not feed their hatchlings high protein sources such as insects.
    — Ernie Cowan, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 May 2018
  • Villagomez has spotted house finches carrying bits of vegetation to make a nest.
    — Ian James, AZCentral.com, 19 Apr. 2020
  • The Anna’s hummingbirds, house finches, dove and quail coming by for water, nectar or seed during the day.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Adult males are identifiable by their rosy-red faces and chests, but differences in diet can cause some house finches to look yellow or orange instead.
    — Cecilia Garzella, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Emerging elm flowers proved to be a great attractant for small groups of American goldfinches and house finches in the treetops.
    — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 23 Feb. 2018
  • The nectar-rich flowers attract bees and butterflies in the summer, while goldfinches, house finches, and pine siskins enjoy their seeds through the fall and winter.
    — Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2026
  • For instance, Puerto Rican anole lizards have developed longer limbs and larger toe pads for city life, and house finches show adapted beaks.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Goldfinches, house finches, juncos, and chickadees particularly love aster seeds.
    — Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2026
  • But the current mystery affliction includes neurological effects not seen with house finch eye disease.
    — Christin Nance Lazerus, chicagotribune.com, 2 July 2021
  • As people arrived to remember Amerie under cloudy gray skies Monday, the twitter of a house finch and the squeaks of western kingbirds could be heard.
    — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 30 May 2022
  • It was first observed in house finches in 1994, and the disease has spread to American goldfinches, evening grosbeaks and purple finches.
    — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 17 June 2019
  • Now in a relative state of equilibrium, the overall house finch population isn’t rebounding but isn't at risk of extinction either, Hochachka said.
    — Cecilia Garzella, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Symptoms of diseases such as house finch eye disease and salmonellosis include reddish or crusty eyes, and neurological conditions such as poor balance and coordination.
    — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Other birds that can be attracted to birdhouses in the San Antonio area include woodpeckers, barn owls, flycatchers, screech owls, house finches and tree ducks.
    — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Jan. 2018
  • Officials say the hospital is seeing more cases than normal of the highly contagious house finch eye disease, which can cause blindness in finches and some other birds, and the birds are coming from throughout the region.
    — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 17 June 2019
  • After the bacteria jumped from poultry to house finches in the early-to-mid 1990s, the population of house finches in eastern North America was rapidly cut in half.
    — Cecilia Garzella, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The Humane Society recommends safflower seed for attracting cardinals, chickadees and titmice; nyjer thistle for goldfinches; and white proso millet for mourning doves and house finches.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 30 June 2023

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