House finches show up at bird feeders all year, but on most visits, their plumage is hardly eye-catching. They have dense brown streaking on the underside and a robust conical beak. Both males and ...

If you have a bird feeder in the continental United States, you have almost certainly been visited by house finches. On both sides of the Mississippi their hungry flocks coat feeders like displays of ...

The flash of deep red at the bird feeder might have you guessing. Is it a Purple Finch? Something more exotic? Identifying the small, energetic birds that visit our yards can feel like a puzzle. One ...

Ruby-crowned kinglets, evening grosbeaks, brown creepers, yellow-rumped warblers and Townsend’s solitaires are a few of the not so common birds you might see in your backyard this month. But, for most ...

If you have a birdfeeder anywhere around your home, chances are you are quite familiar with one of its most prolific visitors. The house finch may not be one of the more colorful backyard bird ...

CANFIELD — Several years ago, I relocated our bird feeders from the backyard to the pergola over our deck. Yes, it is messy requiring a thorough spring cleanup, but there are also two advantages. One: ...

The 2018-2019 Winter Finch Forecast suggests area backyard birdfeeder hosts may enjoy some unusual species over the next few months. Annually in late fall, a group of field ornithologists in Ontario, ...

The attractive Cassin’s finch of the montane west is slightly larger and longer winged than the similar purple finch, which it occasionally overlaps with during winter. It is often seen in small ...

Many exotic bird species have made Southern California their home, breeding and living here year-round, with several populations of these birds skyrocketing in recent years. Doug Willick, who records ...