### animal | vertebrate | bird:

Finch
* Most finches adapt to presence
  - are evolved from ancestors
  - care for chicks
  - carry food
* Most finches eat berries
  - grubs
  - seeds
* Most finches has-part beaks
  - eyes
* Most finches have beaks
  - bills
  - diets
  - heads
  - strong beaks
  - hide in forests
* Most finches live in areas
  - different areas
  - make nests
  - raise broods
* Most finches require food
  - shake wings
  - spread wings
* Some finches adapt to food sources.
* Some finches are inside nests
  - located in forests
  - carry viruses
* Some finches die of bacterial infection
  - starvation
* Some finches eat nuts
  - the insectsand , the others eat the woods, seeds and plants
  - emerge from forests
  - feed on cacti
* Some finches have large, blunt beaks that can crack the hard shells of nuts and seeds
  - shapes
* Some finches have spinal fusion surgery
  - worms
  - keep seeds
  - make migration
  - migrate when the food is needed
  - prefer various habitats
  - thrive in forests
* also do well to have some live food occasionally
  - enjoy and benefit from greens in their diet
  - require the ability to nest and do best with covered nesting
* are abundant in the grassland and savanna areas where seeds are plentiful
  - animals
  - busy little birds and seem to enjoy flying from one nest to another
  - easy to feed
  - great pets for busy people
  - happiest when kept in pairs, or at least near other finches
  - mostly quiet birds, there are some that have a song, and most are very active
  - small seed-eating birds
  - small, quiet birds that make neat pets
  - social birds and prefer to be kept in a colony setting
  - stout, compact birds that survive on a diet of seeds and insects
  - vegetarian, and in the wild, their diet consists of grain, vegetation, and seeds
* are very sensitive to atmospheric pollutants
  - social birds and can benefit from having a companion in the cage
* breed when the female is over one year old and the male is under five year old.
* can adapt to average household temperatures but beware of dramatic changes
  - also eat basic household foods such as vegetables and breadcrumbs
  - be the most reliable of all feeder birds
* come in a wide variety of colors, patterns, and personalities
  - looking for seeds in autumn
* communicate in color.
* do startle easily, especially in a new home, and can go into panic attacks and die.
* eat a lot more than seeds
  - the berries
* eating flower nectar compete with carpenter bees.
* enjoy baths.
* go to gardens.
  - bellies
* have a strong desire to mate and raise young
  - conical bills well-suited for eating seeds
  - different seed preferences because it is adaptive
  - financial resources
  - plenty
  - short, conical bills that are very strong
  - similar problems with seeds and plastic
* have strong beaks and can easily break seeds open
* includes air sacs
  - chest cavities
  - plasma membranes
  - quill feathers
  - sterna
  - wishbones
* invade gardens.
* like to eat the seeds from old flower stalks left on the plant.
* live across the globe.
  - locations
* love baths
  - up one monophyletic group, warblers make up a different monophyletic group
* mate for life.
* nest in trees.
* possess feathers.
* prefer a blend of thistle, sunflower and canary seed
* relate to goldfinches.
  - fresh water each day
* return to gardens.
* seem to enjoy having nests to go in and out of.
* share environments.
* show symptoms.
* tend to eat only the top layer of seeds from a bowl, leaving the hulls behind.
* to adapt to environments.
* travel around in large nomadic flocks.
* use their bills as seed crackers.
* usually consume seeds, fruits, vegetables, insects, and some eggs
  - stay in the egg for two weeks
* visit feeders