Author Matthew A. Young: Last week I had the great pleasure to spend a morning in the field with sound recordist Lang Elliot. The goal was to bring Lang to a location to record a flock of Evening ...
Winter Finch Forecast Update: The Return Begins
By Tyler Hoar and Matthew A. Young: As winter's grip relaxes, the snow melts, the sun feels warmer, and Northern Cardinals, American Robins and House Finches are singing their first widespread ...
Cape May Red Crossbills
Authors Michael O’Brien & Tom Johnson: New Jersey’s Cape May peninsula has been well watched by birders for over a century, making it an excellent place to attain insight into the long-term ebb ...
Finch Research Network (FiRN) Board Meeting
Finch Research Network (FiRN) Board Meeting, 1st quarter 2021: We’re all excited to have a full board meeting in the books! This was a meeting of the “full board” (top left to right: FiRN Founder ...
The Finches of Cloudland: For the Love of Research
Author Dr. Lynne Spriggs O’Connor: A few years ago, between our daily outings to check on livestock around the ranch, I decided to do a little research on our favorite winter finches. A thirteen-page ...
Beware: Salmonella in Irruptive Finches
Author Ryan F. Mandelbaum: This winter’s superflight of irruptive finches has been especially rewarding for many of us with bird feeders, as flocks of Pine Siskins, Common Redpolls, Evening ...