The rosy hue of the House Finch...

Photo by Sarah Lorentz

Like me, my nearby cousin, Sarah Lorentz, seems to have taken photographs of ever winter bird that shows up at her feeders....in the case above: a male and female House Finch.   Here's what my Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds (1977) has to say about this bright red-breasted bird.   "This western species occurred naturally east to Nebraska and Texas.   It was introduced in the East and is established from Maine to the Carolinas, as well as south-eastern Canada.   The eastern population of this species is descended from cagebirds released near New York City in the 1940s.   In the 1960s and 1970s they finally established themselves in urban New York where their musical song and bright colours add a cheerful touch".
Please comment if you wish.
BarrytheBirder