Photography of Birds – Set # 274
Set # 274
Purple Finch
Adult Purple Finch have a short forked brown tail and brown wings. Adult males are raspberry red on the head, breast, back and rump; their back is streaked. Adult females have light brown upperparts and white underparts with dark brown streaks throughout; they have a white line on the face above the eye.
House Finch
The House Finch are mainly permanent residents throughout their range; some northern and eastern birds migrate south. Their breeding habitat is urban and suburban areas across North America, as well as various semi-open areas in the west from southern Canada to the Mexican state of Oaxaca; the population in central Chiapas may be descended from escaped cagebirds. Analyses of nest records from House Finches in California spanning more than a century found that egg‐laying occurred significantly earlier in warmer springs.
© HJ Ruiz – Avian101
H.J. Ruiz - Avian101 
Like seeing these two in your one post, HJ! I’ve not been able to ID a photo of a Purple Finch so it’s still on my hunt list!
Thank you so much, Donna. 🙂