Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

 Basic description  This yellow and brown songbird is among the toughest birds. Gray-crowned finches nest in the highest parts of North America's tallest mountains - the Brooks Range, Rockies, Cascades, and Sierra Nevada - as well as the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands in Alaska. These little birds have pink bellies and feathers as they feed, as is easy, on snow fields, forbidden obstacles, strong winds or heavy rains. In winter, they go down the slopes to avoid heavy snow and can go to the feeders, sometimes next to other finches. Back-to-back tips  Blue streaked Lory yellow collared lovebird Gray-crowned finches may go and feed the birds back in the winter. They readily eat black oil sunflower seeds scattered on the ground or on platform feeders. Interesting facts  The gray-crowned finch may hold the record for the highest breeding bird in North America, as it nests on the slopes of Denali, the continent's highest peak. Perhaps because of the remote location of the b...