The flash of deep red at the bird feeder might have you guessing. Is it a Purple Finch? Something more exotic? Identifying ...
A poor tree seed crop in Canada’s eastern boreal forest means that the birds that depend on those seeds will be on the move ...
House finches are the perfect urban bird. They would willingly trade an empty lot filled with grasses and bushes and trees for a nice new house with a bird feeder. They are fond (understatement) of ...
Birds can have beak abnormalities for a number of reasons, including physical trauma, poor nutrition, exposure to pesticides ...
A UC Berkeley study shows that when zebra finches hear the call of another zebra finch, they have a mental representation of ...
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, ...
Every animal on this planet adapted to survive based on where they live. A well-known example is the group of so-called Darwin’s finches on the Galápagos Islands. There are 14 difference species that ...
Invasive parasites in the Galápagos Islands may leave some Darwin’s tree finches singing the blues. The nonnative Philornis downsi fly infests the birds’ nests and lays its eggs there. Fly larvae ...
A Connecticut man tried smuggling nearly three dozen live finches from Guyana through JFK Airport so he could sell them for use in high-stakes Big Apple bird-singing competitions, federal officials ...
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