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House Finches have been received by most feeders more so than another visitor who stayed with us.  This finch, sometimes confused with a Purple Finch, who is a true native, does not get the same wrath as the House Sparrow. 

Back in 1940, the legislature passed a law forbidding trade of wild birds; a small number of caged House Finches were released on Long Island.  The population exploded and now we have House Finches across the eastern U.S., not only in the west. 

House Finches seem to have put pressure on the closely related Purple Finches in Wisconsin.  Look closely at the House F...