Have you had trouble keeping finches at your feeder? If so, you’re not alone, it’s a common bird feeding question. American Goldfinches are one...

I think we can all readily admit that when summer comes, nature just seems to burst out at the seams. It is this season...

You might think that a warm snap would be a welcome occurrence in Montana in January, and I’m not going to lie: it totally...

You may remember that back in January I rejoined the Bloggerhead Kingbirds and competed in my second Superbowl of Birding.  You may also, if...

I have seen Desert Finches exactly once.  They were in Kazakhstan, where they belong.  Desert Finches have never been reported anywhere in the western...

On the recent Queens County Bird Club field trip to Kissena Park in search of migrating sparrows, field birds, and whatever else might cross...

Though I have already done a post on the Desert Finch of the Kazakhi deserts I felt that the similar Mongolian Finch (Rhodopechys mongolicus),...

On our last day in Kazakhstan we birders traveled hundreds of kilometers to the east of Almaty in order to explore the desert environment...