South Dakota Birds and Birding
House Finch Photos
Photography by Terry Sohl
My Favorite: Another one of
those underappreciated birds, one that's often common and regularly seen around
homes and gardens. We get them quite often at our feeders, although it
does seem to me that they're becoming less and less common around here.
This photo of a pretty male was taken in the
Big Sioux Recreation Area,
the state park across the street from our home.

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| House Finch 1 (Male) | House Finch 2 (Female) | House Finch 3 (Leucistic Male) | House Finch 4 (Male and Female) |
| November 9th, 2007 | February 16th, 2009 | February 16th, 2009 | April 19th, 2004 |
| Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota | Farm Island, near Pierre, South Dakota | Farm Island, near Pierre, South Dakota | Brandon, South Dakota |
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| House Finch 5 (Male) | House Finch 6 (Male) | House Finch 7 (Male) | House Finch 8 (Female) |
| November 2nd, 2004 | December 7th, 2007 | November 9th, 2007 | September 7th, 2007 |
| Brandon, South Dakota | Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota | Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota | Newton Hills State Park, South Dakota |
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| House Finch 9 (Conjunctivitis) | House Finch 10 (Female) | House Finch 11 (Male) | House Finch 12 (Male) |
| September 13th, 2009 | November 25th, 2009 | November 25th, 2009 | April1 13th, 2012 |
| Perry Nature Area, near Sioux Falls, S. Dakota | Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota | Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota | Sachuest National Wildlife Refuge, Rhode Island |
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| House Finch 13 (Female) | House Finch 14 (Male) | House Finch 15 | House Finch 16 (Male) |
| April1 13th, 2012 | May 11th, 2012 | April 2015 | May 22nd, 2019 |
| Sachuest National Wildlife Refuge, Rhode Island | Brandon, South Dakota | Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, Arizona | Brandon, South Dakota |
Click here for the species description page for the House Finch















