North America is home to 17 species of finches. Two of them live year-round in the Times News region: the American goldfinch ...

The attractive Cassin’s finch of the montane west is slightly larger and longer winged than the similar purple finch, which it occasionally overlaps with during winter. It is often seen in small ...

The "Winter Finch Forecast" is an annual attempt by Ontario ornithologist, Ron Pittaway, to predict the movement of northern finches based upon the seed crops of their favored trees. With assistance ...

According to experts, 2026 will provide a unique opportunity to observe winter finches in shrubs, tree stands, and at feeders.

I think there is no better way to start a column about purple finches than to quote Roger Tory Peterson’s description of this bird, he called them “sparrows dipped in raspberry juice.” I saw my first ...