This week, birders around the world lost one beloved feathered creature from their birding life list. Fortunately, no species went extinct. Instead, this change resolved a long-held misunderstanding ...

FLOCKS of lesser redpolls are being seen in the region on the move through the snow and ice to find feeding areas in stands of birch or alders. They peck away at birch catkins or hang upside down to ...

GRAND FORKS – The bird columnist must make a choice between species that are regular here but ordinarily not abundant, and species that are often abundant but are absent this year. The choice goes to ...

It has been a good winter for birds, I assert without expectation of argument. For me, the evidence is plain. I have not lacked a subject for this column. Redpoll numbers have been building at our ...

There's nothing quite like that first crunch in a fresh, untouched layer of snow. And whether its gathering snow balls or making snow angels, a white Christmas can bring out the playful side in many ...

Watching their thrilling acrobatics on bird feeders is intensified by the hope you might be watching something scarce or rare. There are three separate species of redpoll recognised on the official ...

Common and hoary redpolls are 2 closely related finches of the boreal forest and Arctic tundra scrub. The common is the more widespread species of the 2, usually inhabiting subarctic forest during the ...

One of my great and simple pleasures in the waning weeks of winter and the earliest weeks of spring is the morning walk to retrieve the daily newspaper and then take my mixed collie, Denali, for a ...