House Finch

While birding out at the coast of Queens this year I have noticed on several occasions a variety of birds,…

I know we all hate European Starlings; I know that as environmentalists, this is part of our job. But come…

We have a small water feature off our back porch. It’s probably about 300 square feet in size, holding maybe…

Christmas morning I looked out my window and saw something I had only seen once before in my backyard, a…

Today’s Guest Blog was written by Arden Zich, volunteer with Fox Valley Wildlife Center in Elburn, IL: Congratulating myself for leaving…

House Finches are common enough birds at most bird feeding stations. Below is how we are accustomed to seeing the…

When I was kid, I tried to turn every House Finch we had in Indiana into a Purple Finch. Trying…

After spotting the Cassin’s Finch (Carpodacus cassinii) pair above a couple of weeks ago at Lassen Volcanic National Park, I thought I…

In Bergen County, New Jersey’s northeasternmost county, there are quite a few small county parks that are popular with dog-walkers,…