Utah biologists have been studying the state’s most elusive bird to learn more about its behavior and how to protect it in ...

Lesser coverts duller. Juvenile: resembles adult female. Unstreaked. The male is unlike any other finch in North America; the Wilson’s warbler is the only other bright yellow species with a ...

The Purple Finch is a small bird native to North America. The male is easily identifiable by its vibrant reddish-purple plumage, while the female is more subdued with brown streaks. Most of these ...

The finch-type birds are house finches and are fairly ... House finches are not native to Eastern North America. Their presence here is the result of human greed and ignorance.

January became a month where we could not ignore the weather. December ended with mild days and though we received rain, we had much less-than-normal snowfall. The rain dissipated much of the snow on ...

Seeds of all kinds were scarce. The small, soft ones were quickly exhausted by the birds, leaving mainly large, tough seeds that the finches normally ignore. Under these drastically changing ...

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 […] ...

Bird enthusiasts and nature lovers will have a unique opportunity next month to observe rarely seen alpine birds in their ...

The North American population (nominate ssp.) exhibits extensive geographic variation, with clinal variation: larger birds with shorter ... more resembles the house finch than native sparrows.