Yellow Breasted Finch 1

by Linda Brody

Title

Yellow Breasted Finch 1

Artist

Linda Brody

Medium

Photograph - Photography

Description

Yellow Breasted Finch Posing. Male House Finch.

Male House Finches come in several colors, from the most familiar red shading through orange to bright golden yellow. They use carotenoids acquired from their diet to make these bright colors, and the colors are a sexual trait used to attract female mates.

Finches are common from coast to coast today, familiar visitors to backyard feeders. Native to the Southwest, they are recent arrivals in the East. Original habitat was probably streamside trees and brush in dry country, woodland edges, chaparral, other semi-open areas. Now most commonly associated with humans in cities, towns, and farmland, especially in areas with lawns, weedy areas, trees, buildings.

Mostly seeds, buds, berries. Almost all of diet is vegetable matter. Feeds mainly on weed seeds. Other important items include buds and flower parts in spring, berries and small fruits in late summer and fall. Also eats a few insects, mostly small ones such as aphids.

Pairs may begin to form within flocks in winter, and some paired birds may remain together all year. In breeding season, male performs flight-song display, singing while fluttering up with slow wingbeats and then gliding down. Male feeds female during courtship and incubation. Males may sing at any time of year, and females also sing during spring.

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April 16th, 2017

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