House finches are very social birds that enjoy the company of their owners. Many of these brightly colored birds like to perch on fingers or even receive a pet on the head or body. Given that ...

At our cabin bordering the national forest near Pebble Creek, we were delighted when a large flock of rosy finches suddenly descended from the sky. Quickly grabbing sunflower seeds from the feeders, ...

Winter finches are falling prey to salmonella passed through bird feeders in Oregon. The Portland Audubon Society has seen a recent rise in salmonella symptoms in birds, particularly the pine siskin, ...

Out of the thousands of bird species worldwide, the finch is just one of them, and its subspecies are found across the globe. In North America alone, there are 17 subspecies of finch, including the ...

Using an artificial intelligence technique, researchers discovered dialects in the songs of different zebra finch populations. The photo shows two zebra finch pairs: one pair from a wild-derived ...

Our last column focused on Juncos. This week, we will focus in a lesser manner on two other feeder birds, the black-capped chickadee and the more recent addition, the house finch. Let us begin with ...