2 replies to this topic

[Dilee3]

I saw this bird yesterday in Vermont. Didn't get a good view or picture--but is this a house finch? It had a kind of yellowish orange tinge to it sometimes.

[hbvol]

Pretty sure it's a male house finch. Red head and breast with brown streaks on the flank

[spookyjimjams]

Agreed. House Finches get their red from their diet, so if it is higher or lower in certain minerals, it changes their red to orange or even yellow.