House Finch

America is greatly blessed with an abundance of wildlife, especially when it comes to song birds.  In nearly every part of the country, the local song birds help to make the area a nicer place to live. 

One local neighbor to us is the House Finch.  Along with Robins and various black birds, larks and pipers, we always have several families of finches nesting.

The photos below were taken in mid-March, when the finches are renovating old nests here in Central Montana.  They've been gathering for some time, up from winter havens farther south.  They will lay their eggs and raise their young and then, as soon as the little ones can fly, the finches will all head up north for most of the summer.

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All Photos ©2006 Jim Sutton