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: 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
Title: Pine Siskins in Autumn
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/23/2015
Title: Male Cassin’s Finch perched on a lichen covered fence post
Location: Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 6/11/2015
Title: Cassin’s Finch male on barbed wire
Location: Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 6/11/2015
Title: Male Cassin’s Finch feeding on Dandelion seeds
Location: Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 6/11/2015
Title: Male Cassin’s Finch foraging for Dandelion seeds
Location: Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 6/11/2015
Title: Male Cassin’s Finch plucking seeds from Dandelions
Location: Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 6/11/2015
Title: Curious male Cassin’s Finch
Location: Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 6/11/2015
Title: Cassin’s Finch on Utah Juniper
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 4/21/2015
Title: Male House Finch at Farmington Bay
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/24/2014
Title: American Goldfinch perched on a sunflower stem
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/24/2014