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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...