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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Winter Finch Forecast Update
By Tyler Hoar and Matt YoungWell, as we head in the Christmas Bird Count season we figured we'd give an update on the Winter Finch Forecast. Tyler had mentioned the holes in the boreal forest food ...
The Crossbill Story: Part 3
By Tom HahnLast time, I blathered about gradually figuring out that there were different crossbill call types, and finally starting to have some success catching them. That got us up to the spring of ...