Because rosy finches nest along the cliff edges of Kings Peak and the highest slopes of Powder Mountain, they are especially vulnerable to losing habitat — particularly black rosy finches, the ...

Because rosy finches nest along the cliff edges of Kings Peak and the highest slopes of Powder Mountain, they are especially vulnerable to losing habitat — particularly black rosy finches, the ...

Rosy-finches are often found on high alpine mountaintops, which can be inaccessible to scientists. Resorts like Alta and Powder Mountain help researchers — and sightseers — get up close and ...

Rosy-finches were not particularly common anywhere I had gone, and their preference for vertical cliffs as nesting sites often made access dangerous or impossible.

Rosy-finches are known for being fairly hard to spot — but wintertime provides a few more opportunities to catch a glimpse of these birds.

While black rosy-finches nest in Utah’s rocky mountaintops during the summer, gray-crowned rosy-finches hold the North American record for breeding at the highest elevations, with sightings even ...

Rosy-finches were not particularly common anywhere I had gone, and their preference for vertical cliffs as nesting sites often made access dangerous or impossible.

Rosy-finches are socially monogamous and (unlike longspurs) the males are very attentive to their mates. Males don’t hold big, multipurpose territories but defend their mates and nests.

The black rosy-finch goes farther north to nest in Yellowstone and southwest Montana; the gray-crowned rosy-finch heads to the Cascades and Canada’s British Columbia.

The next time I checked our finch nest, I was surprised to find the cowbird egg was gone, as was one of the finch eggs, leaving just three finch eggs in the nest. The intrusive cowbird youngster ...

Tom Tatum Outdoors: Birds not of a feather nesting togetherMother finch taking care of her three nestlings. Photo courtesy of Tom Tatum ...

Gouldian finch physical characteristics. Gouldian finches are relatively small birds. They grow to be around 5.5 to 6 inches long and weigh about half an ounce on average.