By Gavia Aquila and Matthew A. Young:A few weeks back when we knew an epic finch flight was on our doorsteps, there was increasing discussion about finch flight calls and how tricky they can be to ...
The Finches of Cloudland: A Love of the Rosy-Finch
By Dr. Lynne Spriggs O’Connor:On October 23rd, I received an exciting message from a friend who lives in Glacier National Park. Kelly is a birder and leads nature hikes through Glacier.“Saw lots of ...
Irruption Alert: How Far South Will Pine Grosbeaks Irrupt?
By Tyler Hoar and Matthew A. Young:With August reports of spotty berry crops across the eastern Boreal forest, we knew there would be at least a small movement southward of Pine Grosbeaks. What was ...
Flight Directions of Boreal Finches in the Irruption of 2020
by Bill Evans: As this year’s broad-spectrum finch irruption expanded, I happened to be taking a daily core sample of morning flight activity from a vista walking distance from my home, ~8 miles south ...
Irruption Alert: Hoary Redpolls Are All Over And Here’s How to Find Them
By Ryan F. Mandelbaum:Dedicated finch fans know that it’s worth scanning every Common Redpoll flock for their frostier, even more boreal cousin: the Hoary Redpoll. Telling the two species apart can be ...
The Redpoll Complex: Redpolls, redpolls, redpolls…….and the usual cautionary tales.
By Matthew A. Young:One of the things we, the Finch Research Network (FiRN), plan to do for the birding and ornithological communities, is to help with tough finch identifications, and there’s ...