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migration

Beware: Salmonella in Irruptive Finches

February 4, 2021 by Matt

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 ...

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: american goldfinches, Common Redpoll, Evening Grosbeaks, finches, goldfinches, Hoary Redpoll, house finches, Irruptions, migration, Pine Siskins, redpolls

Flight Directions of Boreal Finches in the Irruption of 2020

November 30, 2020 by Matt

by Bill Evans: As this year’s broad-spectrum finch irruption expanded, I happened to be taking a daily core sample of morning flight activity from a vista walking distance from my home, ~8 miles south ...

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: #irruptions, Bill Evans, finches, migration

The Redpoll Complex: Redpolls, redpolls, redpolls…….and the usual cautionary tales.

November 22, 2020 by Matt

By Matthew A. Young:One of the things we, the Finch Research Network (FiRN),  plan to do for the birding and ornithological communities, is to help with tough finch identifications, and there’s ...

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: finches, FinchResearchNetwork, Irruptions, migration, redpolls

A Lesser-Known Irruption Is Occurring in the West

November 17, 2020 by Matt

By Ryan F. Mandelbaum:While finch fans are experiencing a banner year for boreal birds in the Eastern United States, birders in the West have their own finches on the move.Lawrence’s Goldfinches are ...

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: biriding, Finch Research Network, finches, Lawrence Goldfinch, migration

Irruption Alert: Redpolls Ride South In Perhaps Their Largest Push In Almost A Decade

November 11, 2020 by Matt

By Tyler Hoar and Matthew Young:Redpolls are on the move this winter, and we’re perhaps looking at their biggest push south in almost a decade. Why is this, you ask?  Redpolls follow birch and ...

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Common Redpoll, finches, Hoary Redpoll, Irruptions, migration, redpolls

Irruption Alert: Evening Grosbeaks are moving in largest numbers in 20+ years

October 26, 2020 by Matt

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 ...

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: birds, Evening Grosbeaks, finches, Irruptions, migration

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