When hiking through subalpine forests in Colorado, the pine grosbeak is a treat on the treeline trail. I often encounter them when hiking in the mountains near timberline at around 11,000 feet.

House Finch ・Purple Finch ・Cassin's Finch ・Red Crossbill ・Pine Grosbeak ・Northern Cardinal ・Pyrrhuloxia ・Summer Tanager Finches love seeds, so, they are likely to show up at your ...

The study of irruption behavior is difficult, because researchers are dealing with an event that happens irregularly.

This beautiful snowy owl was one of two seen in the annual Mindemoya Christmas Bird Count. Lynn Thompson MINDEMOYA—2024 marked the 51st anniversary of the Mindemoya Christmas bird count held December ...

During migration season this past fall, researchers at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, using Nexrad weather radar, tracked ...

I am seeing just a few purple finches at the feeders now. Last year, over a dozen were here on many days in January. Some may migrate to the south […] ...

Other northern finch species such as Pine Siskin, and Pine Grosbeak made an appearance on the count but are still relatively low in number in the Kenora area. If the fall/early winter weather is mild ...

There were low numbers of winter finches, with only one Pine Siskin, four Evening Grosbeak and one Purple Finch. There were just 87 Herring Gull spotted, while the average is 248, and only three ...