Red Crossbill and the Cone Crop across the Adirondacks and Northeast 2023-2024: What will 2024-2025 bring?By Matthew Young and Nicolas Main: With the 2023-2024 cone crop year and the Type 2 and 4 Red ...
New Finch Research Network Small Grant Program
The Finch Research Network (FiRN) seeks to fund projects that will contribute to the study or conservation of finches and their habitats. See here for FiRN grant opportunities: ...
FiRN 2025 Membership Drive
Hello Finch Fans,Thank you so much for your continued interest in FiRN -- It has been greatly appreciated!As a non-profit, FiRN relies on support from individuals like you to ...
The Crossbill Story: Part 4
By Tom HahnLast time we left off with the numerous red crossbills, especially Type 2s but also some Type 4s, on the east slope of the Cascades, near Naches, WA. These birds had stopped breeding by ...
Rest in Peace in 2024, the Hoary Redpoll
By Ryan MandelbaumIt seems like only yesterday that we were out in the frigid depths of winter, freezing our fingertips as we scanned hundreds of common redpolls for an ever-so-slightly different ...
End of the Year Giving: As 2024 Winds Down Help FiRN Continue Evening Grosbeak Work Across North America
With a 92% decline since 1970, Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) was cited as the steepest declining landbird in the continental United States and Canada in the Partners in Flight ...