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

Gazing out my window, I see trees and plants painted silver, with tiny diamonds reflecting the rays of the morning sun. The ice storm had slipped through undetected in the dead of night, leaving ...

With its rosy blush and distinctive red cap, this small finch brightens up winter feeders across the Northern Hemisphere. The Common Redpoll is a small, streaky finch with a distinctive red forehead ...

Unique, colorful, musical and social, evening and pine grosbeaks are wild birds that tend to be wintertime visitors that we ...

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 […] ...

Once you embrace these simple truths, answering some of nature’s questions becomes easier. Every few years, bird species such as common redpolls, pine siskins, evening grosbeaks, and others move out ...

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 ...

After studying the DNA of 77 redpolls, researchers found almost no genetic difference between common and hoary redpolls. As ...