The longer the winter lasts, the more I appreciate the redpolls. These energetic little birds have been at my feeders frequently this winter. I'm tempted to write "exuberant." Unlike the Postal ...

A big bunch of redpolls -- certainly 40 or more -- showed up at my backyard feeder west of Gilby, N.D., one afternoon last week. I've seen redpolls around Grand Forks, too, and several callers have ...

Mar. 28—Common redpolls, one of few Alaska songbirds that endure the grueling northern winter, are familiar visitors to Southcentral. But this winter, an explosion of the little scarlet-capped finches ...

Last week I finished off my introductory column with a little challenge. I presented you with a photo of a bird and wondered if you could identify it. This week, as promised, I provide the answer to ...

What a difference two weeks makes. In mid-January, I watched cardinals, juncos, two kinds of nuthatches, blue jays, woodpeckers and an American tree sparrow, among others, at my front and back yard ...

Molecular genetic studies of species are giving us clearer, more precise views of the natural world around us. These sorts of studies have the greatest public impacts when they reveal that a familiar ...