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: Male American Goldfinch lifting off
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/7/2018
Title: Female American Goldfinch lifting off
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/7/2018
Title: Pine Siskin close up
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/6/2018
Title: Pine Siskin on a Musk Thistle
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 8/6/2018
Title: Male American Goldfinch perched on a dried Musk Thistle blossom
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/26/2018
Title: American Goldfinch perched on a Musk Thistle
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/6/2018
Title: Musk Thistle and American Goldfinch
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/6/2018
Title: American Goldfinch feeding on thistle seeds
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/6/2018
Title: American Goldfinch singing on top of Musk Thistle
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/6/2018
Title: American Goldfinch with flying thistle fluff
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/6/2018
Title: American Goldfinch with falling thistle fluff
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/6/2018
Title: American Goldfinch male in breeding plumage on a Musk Thistle
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/6/2018
Title: Female American Goldfinch in dandelions
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 5/24/2018
Title: Female American Goldfinch eating dandelion seeds
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 5/24/2018
Title: Male American Goldfinch eating dandelion seeds
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 5/24/2018
Title: American Goldfinch male perched on a fence
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 5/24/2018
Title: Bear River MBR American Goldfinch in winter plumage
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 1/17/2018
Title: American Goldfinches at Bear River MBR
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 11/22/2017
Title: American Goldfinch in nonbreeding plumage
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 10/29/2017
Title: Pine Siskin perched in a sumac in the fall
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 10/15/2017
Title: Damp Pine Siskin at a freshwater spring
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 10/15/2017
Title: Male Cassin’s Finch with his head tilted
Location: Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/14/2017
Title: Male American Goldfinch in breeding plumage
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/27/2017
Title: Perched male House Sparrow
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/12/2017
Title: Alert male Cassin’s Finch on a conifer
Location: Targhee National Forest, Clark County, Idaho
Date: 6/1/2016
Title: Upside down American Goldfinch in winter
Location: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Utah
Date: 12/15/2015
Title: Male House Sparrow perched in a bush
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 11/8/2015
Title: Pine Siskin taking a break from eating sunflower seeds
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/23/2015