By Ryan F. Mandelbaum:While finch fans are experiencing a banner year for boreal birds in the Eastern United States, birders in the West have their own finches on the move.Lawrence’s Goldfinches are ...
Irruption Alert: Redpolls Ride South In Perhaps Their Largest Push In Almost A Decade
By Tyler Hoar and Matthew Young:Redpolls are on the move this winter, and we’re perhaps looking at their biggest push south in almost a decade. Why is this, you ask? Redpolls follow birch and ...
Irruption Alert: Cassin’s Finches, Western Wanderers Visit the Plains & Lowlands
By Matthew J. and Silvester Williams:Last October (2019), we took a drive up to about 8,000’ in Wasatch County, Utah and found Cassin’s Finches frolicking in the already-snowy spruces as one might ...
Irruption Alert: The Irruptive Evening Grosbeak of the West
Irruption Alert: The Irruptive Type 1 Evening Grosbeak of the West: By Matthew J. and Silvester Williams; Photos by Silvester Williams.The predicted Type 3 Evening Grosbeak irruption in the eastern US ...
Irruption Alert: Evening Grosbeaks are moving in largest numbers in 20+ years
Irruption Alert: Evening Grosbeaks are moving in their largest numbers in 20+ years.By Tyler Hoar and Matthew Young:The Evening Grosbeak irruption for winter 2020-21 is well underway! Similar to the ...
First Official Finch Research Network (FiRN) Board Meeting Is In The Books
First Official Finch Research Network (FiRN) Board Meeting Is In The Books.We’re all excited to have the first meeting in the books! This was a meeting of the “initial board members” (top left: Matt ...