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 (= ...
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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 ...
The Red Crossbill as the Official Christmas Bird?
By Ryan F. Mandelbaum and Matthew A. Young: There's no "official" Christmas bird. You might see Christmas cards adorned with either Northern Cardinals or European Robins, solely due to their red ...
Crossbills here, there, and everywhere
By Matthew A. Young and Timothy J. Spahr: This certainly has been an interesting year and an interesting fall. Hopefully the irruption of finches and what the Finch Research Network (FiRN) has been ...