One of the nice things about winter finch irruptions is that they usually take place across two calendar years, allowing ardent listers to tick...

One of the highlights of autumn for many birders in eastern North America is the annual release of the Winter Finch Forecast. Every September,...

It sure looks like it! Gustave Axelson has a nice breakdown of a recent genetic analysis of redpolls on Cornell’s All About Birds Blog:...

Ron Pittaway has published his winter finch forecast for the winter of 2014-2015. Though Ron is based in Ontario his reports are eagerly anticipated...

So, winter is very nearly upon us, and no, I never did find a Yellow-headed Blackbird. It has snowed in Montana, it has snowed...

Ron Pittaway has published his winter finch forecast for the winter of 2013-2014. Though Ron is based in Ontario his reports are eagerly anticipated...

Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. Part 3 is here. After leaving the Paul Smiths Visitor Interpretive Center Will and I made a beeline...

It’s been beautiful here in Montana lately. By beautiful, I mean too cold, too gray, and as always too dry, but full of birds....