How to Use house finch in a Sentence

house finch

noun

• But Cornell spokesman Marc Devokaitis said his best guess is a house finch.
  — Lee Roop, AL.com, 23 Mar. 2018
• By the way, house finches sometimes turn yellow for the same reasons.
  — Gary Clark, Houston Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2018
• Numerous Eastern bluebirds and house finches perched on the fences and wires.
  — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 26 Oct. 2017
• Niger seed, otherwise known as thistle, is adored by goldfinches and house finches.
  — Evan MacDonald, cleveland.com, 25 Dec. 2017
• As people arrived to remember Amerie under cloudy gray skies Monday, the twitter of a house finch and the squeaks of western kingbirds could be heard.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 30 May 2022
• The Anna’s hummingbirds, house finches, dove and quail coming by for water, nectar or seed during the day.
  — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2023
• Or one of the other red birds might not have been a cardinal but instead a male house finch with his brown-streaked offspring, which could resemble sparrows.
  — Val Cunningham Contributing Writer, Star Tribune, 13 Oct. 2020
• Emerging elm flowers proved to be a great attractant for small groups of American goldfinches and house finches in the treetops.
  — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 23 Feb. 2018
• It was first observed in house finches in 1994, and the disease has spread to American goldfinches, evening grosbeaks and purple finches.
  — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 17 June 2019
• Look up: An immature female house finch, with its quiet brown plumage, may be perched on a branch above you, dappled in late afternoon sunlight.
  — Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023
• Unlike many other seed feeders, house finches do not feed their hatchlings high protein sources such as insects.
  — Ernie Cowan, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 May 2018
• Villagomez has spotted house finches carrying bits of vegetation to make a nest.
  — Ian James, AZCentral.com, 19 Apr. 2020
• Other birds that can be attracted to birdhouses in the San Antonio area include woodpeckers, barn owls, flycatchers, screech owls, house finches and tree ducks.
  — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Jan. 2018
• Officials say the hospital is seeing more cases than normal of the highly contagious house finch eye disease, which can cause blindness in finches and some other birds, and the birds are coming from throughout the region.
  — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 17 June 2019
• Now in a relative state of equilibrium, the overall house finch population isn’t rebounding but isn't at risk of extinction either, Hochachka said.
  — Cecilia Garzella, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2023
• But the current mystery affliction includes neurological effects not seen with house finch eye disease.
  — Christin Nance Lazerus, chicagotribune.com, 2 July 2021
• Symptoms of diseases such as house finch eye disease and salmonellosis include reddish or crusty eyes, and neurological conditions such as poor balance and coordination.
  — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 9 Sep. 2021
• The Humane Society recommends safflower seed for attracting cardinals, chickadees and titmice; nyjer thistle for goldfinches; and white proso millet for mourning doves and house finches.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 30 June 2023
• The birds most commonly affected include the American robin, blue jay, common grackle, yellowtail flicker, European starling, northern cardinal, house finch, house sparrow, Eastern bluebird, red-bellied woodpecker, and Carolina wren.
  — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 8 July 2021
• The songbirds most commonly affected include the American robin, blue jay, common grackle, yellowtail flicker, European starling, northern cardinal, house finch, house sparrow, Eastern bluebird, red-bellied woodpecker, and Carolina wren.
  — courant.com, 10 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 28 Aug 2024