Families: Fringillidae, Passeridae, Ploceidae, Estrilididae
Finches are small to medium sized birds with pointed wings, notched tails, stout bills, and distinctive flight calls. Female finches can be quite plain while males can be quite colorful.
Title: Pine Siskin perched on a leafless sumac
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 11/22/2020
Title: Male Lesser Goldfinch lifting off
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/28/2020
Title: Autumn male Lesser Goldfinch
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/28/2020
Title: Male Lesser Goldfinch eating Common Sunflower seeds
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/28/2020
Title: Adult male Lesser Goldfinch in autumn
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/28/2020
Title: Lesser Goldfinch male eating wild sunflower seeds
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/28/2020
Title: Cassin’s Finch with a Mountain Mahogany seed
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 9/22/2020
Title: Pine Siskin high in the Wasatch Mountains
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/10/2020
Title: Pine Siskin clinging to a small branch
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/10/2020
Title: American Goldfinch male on a thistle with ants and aphids
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/23/2020
Title: Male American Goldfinch feasting on aphids
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/23/2020
Title: Adult male American Goldfinch in a spot of sunshine
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/6/2020
Title: Female American Goldfinch in the Wasatch Mountains
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 5/27/2020
Title: Male House Finch feeding on Greasewood seeds
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 11/18/2019
Title: Male House Finch perched on a Greasewood branch
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 11/18/2019
Title: American Goldfinch hanging upside down to feed on wild sunflower seeds
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 11/13/2019
Title: American Goldfinch perched in a wild rose bush
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 11/5/2019
Title: Autumn Pine Siskin and rose hips
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 11/5/2019
Title: Lesser Goldfinch at Farmington Bay
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/26/2019
Title: Lesser Goldfinch perched on Greasewood
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/26/2019
Title: American Goldfinch male lifting off
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/1/2019
Title: Pine Siskin in a willow
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 7/21/2019
Title: American Goldfinch and rose hips
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 11/18/2018
Title: Male House Finch looking down at the ground
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 9/5/2018
Title: Male House Finch in a Wasatch Mountain canyon
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 9/5/2018
Title: Pine Siskin feeding on Musk Thistle
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/15/2018
Title: Molting American Goldfinch eating a Musk Thistle seed
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/14/2018
Title: Molting American Goldfinch perched on a Musk Thistle
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/14/2018