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 ...
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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 Grosbeaks ...
10,000+ Red Crossbill Recordings in Macaulay Library
Authors Tim Spahr and Matthew A. Young,DOCUMENTING AND RECORDING CROSSBILL CALLS:Macaulay Library has recently passed 10,000 red crossbill recordings (10,500+ actually) making it the most common (= ...
Help us understand Rosy-Finches before they are gone
Authors Matthew J. Williams and Matthew A. Young:High in the Wind Rivers in July of 2019, I (Matt Williams) heard and saw Black Rosy-Finches for the first time on their breeding grounds. My feet ...
The Finches of Cloudland: Mountaintop Sentinels
Author Lynne Spriggs O’Connor: January 2021: As of January 1st, it seems our mountain valley in central Montana has had higher temperatures and less snowfall than usual. Only about 200 members of what ...
Purple Finches, Deserve Some Love, Too
By Ryan F. Mandelbaum and Matthew Young: A few species stole the show of this year’s incredible Eastern finch superflight—it’s hard to miss the plump evening grosbeaks or enormous flocks of Pine ...