House finches, such as this adult male, can be common visitors to hummingbird feeders. By Gary Phillips For The Sun News The bird-breeding season continues in our area, although some species are ...

These two birds with the cardinal on Stuart McCausland’s feeder in Kempsville are female and male purple finches. There. I’ve said it. After years of wondering and guessing when I see a particularly ...

DEAR JOAN: We have had a sock feeder for finches for a few years now. In the past, it has attracted many birds. We hung a new sock up with new seed and have yet to see one. Is it still early for them ...

According to the calendar, the halfway point between the winter solstice in December (the first day of winter) and the vernal equinox in March (the first day of spring) is early February. Not everyone ...

Linda Croskey guessed it’s been about 30 years since she has seen the rare winter migrant, the evening grosbeak, show up at her birdfeeder at her West Deer home. Then, after last week’s snowstorm, ...

Adding plants for birds around your feeder won't just make it more attractive to wildlife, but it will also make it a more ...

If you hang a bird feeder outside your home, there’s a good chance that your first visitor will be some kind of finch. We have five kinds of finches in Marin: the reddish house finch and purple finch, ...

DEAR JOAN: We had sunflower seedlings that were 2 feet high a few weeks ago, but our bird friends are eating the leaves. The birds are small, gray in color with yellow breasts — some kind of finch.

Early December is not the height of the bird watching season by any means – but there’s reason to embrace the season. December often brings unexpected surprises. The biggest of these this December is ...

STATELINE, Nev. — An outbreak of salmonella is killing finches across the western United States, including birds in the Lake Tahoe region, wildlife officials say. The Tahoe Institute for Natural ...

How can I attract robins to my garden? Unlike other species (like finches), robins usually eat food found on the ground. That ...

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