So far, this winter seems to be a poor one for northern finches in Maine, but that could change as seed crops to the north are depleted. Isn’t it great when our winter bird feeders are overrun ...

So far, this winter seems to be a poor one for northern finches in Maine, but that could change as seed crops to the north are depleted. Isn’t it great when our winter bird feeders are overrun ...

With winter approaching, it’s time to think about northern finches. A suite of finch species breeds mostly to our north in the expansive boreal forests of Canada and Alaska.

Northern finches: The sporadic seed-production cycle of cone-bearing trees in the Arctic’s boreal forests sometimes causes a phenomenon known as an “irruption” — when flocks of finches ...

These birds are the winter sparrows that must bail out of Canada to avoid the harsher conditions of the northern winter, but find our version of winter to be acceptable. They are granivorous at this ...

With temperatures dropping, this is the time of year when I remind you to ready your bird feeders for the winter ahead, which I may do again next week. To ...

The current record for the number of birds observed in my yard in during December is 31 species and that record was set just last year. On my first day of observations, I managed to pick up 18 species ...

One of these, native to northern Australia, is Chloebia gouldiae, or the Gouldian finch. Some consider the Gouldian finch to be the most colorful bird in the world.