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The Red Crossbill as the Official Christmas Bird?

December 24, 2020 by Matt

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 ...

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: #crossbill, #crossbillchristmasbird, #crossbills, #finches, #legendofthecrossbill, #longfellow, #redcrossbill

Crossbills here, there, and everywhere

December 23, 2020 by Matt

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 ...

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: #crossbills, #finches, #finchresearchnetwork, #irruptions, #redcrossbill, #researchnetwork, #white-winged crossbill, #whitewingedcrossbill

A Finch Flight Call Audio Primer: Part 1, The East

December 17, 2020 by Matt

By Gavia Aquila and Matthew A. Young:A few weeks back when we knew an epic finch flight was on our doorsteps, there was increasing discussion about finch flight calls and how tricky they can be to ...

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: #common redpoll, #evening grosbeak, #finches, #finchnetwork, #finchresearchnetwork, #flight calls, #hoary redpoll, #pine grosbeak, #Pine Siskin, #purple finch, #red crossbill, #vocalizations, #white-winged crossbill

The Finches of Cloudland: A Love of the Rosy-Finch

December 9, 2020 by Matt

By Dr. Lynne Spriggs O’Connor:On October 23rd, I received an exciting message from a friend who lives in Glacier National Park. Kelly is a birder and leads nature hikes through Glacier.“Saw lots of ...

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: #birds, #finches, #finchresearchnetwork, #irruptions, #RosyFinch, Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

Irruption Alert: How Far South Will Pine Grosbeaks Irrupt?

December 8, 2020 by Matt

By Tyler Hoar and Matthew A. Young:With August reports of spotty berry crops across the eastern Boreal forest, we knew there would be at least a small movement southward of Pine Grosbeaks. What was ...

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: #birding, #birds, #finches, #irruptions, #migrations, #PineGrosbeak

First Official Finch Research Network (FiRN) Board Meeting Is In The Books

October 26, 2020 by Matt

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 ...

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: #finches, #finchnetwork

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