One rainy morning a week ago, I hear a beautiful bird song that I cannot quite identify. It’s longish, sweet and melodic. From in the bedroom, I glance over at the feeders and there’s the usual ...

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 ...

When it comes to global warming, the canary in the coal mine isn't a canary at all. It's a purple finch. As the temperature across the U.S. has gotten warmer, the purple finch has been spending its ...

For 143 consecutive days -- from Dec. 5, 2007, through April 25 -- purple finches came to my bird feeders in Hocking County. The highest number was 44 on April 13. On the two days before leaving, ...

This is a tale of two finches — actually two different finch species — and the American redbud. There’s a certain time of year when the native redbud is blooming, with its tiny pink flowers in ...