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 ...
Irruption Alert: Astonishing Pine Siskin Nocturnal Migration
By Ryan F. Mandelbaum: On Sunday, October 11, Astronomer and Field Ornithologist Timothy Spahr captured sounds almost never heard in recorded history: the raspy call notes of Pine Siskins migrating at ...
Irruption Alert: Remarkable Finch Records in the American South
By Ryan F. Mandelbaum:When Tyler Hoar’s new Winter Finch Forecast debuted, he predicted that this would be an exceptional winter for irrupting boreal birds. But no one expected a Common Redpoll to ...
Conservation News: Intense Idaho Wildfires Are Threatening this Brand New Finch Species
By Ryan F. Mandelbaum:This past summer, intense wildfires burned millions of acres of land across the American west, killing more than 30 people, shrouding cities in an apocalyptic red haze, and ...
Badgerland Birding Interview
Talking Winter Finches with Matt Young:In this video, Badgerland Birding interviews Matt Young, a winter finch expert and President of the Finch Research Network. We talked about the Finch Research ...
Irruption Alert: Pine Siskins Are On The Move
by Ryan F. MandelbaumAfter Tyler Hoar’s promising first Winter Finch Forecast, Pine Siskins have already started to push southward across the Eastern United States. While August had few reports of the ...