Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On a fine gray afternoon in late October, I came across an impressive cone midden beneath a towering red spruce. While it was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I don’t remember if or when the temperature where I live was ever minus 7 degrees, but that’s how cold it was one morning this ...

Pine grosbeaks are among the species migrating southward as part of this winter's finch irruption. They can be spotted searching for food in fruit trees during the winter. New England birders with a ...

For many birders winter centers on a specific event, the annual Christmas Bird Count. It's a continent-wide effort involving 24-hour counts during a designated period spanning Christmas and New Years.

Birdwatchers will have the chance to see an eruption of color as several species of finches irrupt into Michigan this winter. A riot of yellows, reds, blues and purples will come with a large ...

Last winter was a good one for the Canadian finches. There were lots of seed containing spruce cones up there, which kept the birds very happy and anchored in the north. It was good for them but not ...

The rush of migration is over. As we enter winter, birders are done waking up at 4 a.m. to see passing warblers and are turning their attention to the upcoming duck season. The cold season is the ...

I don’t remember if or when the temperature where I live was ever minus 7 degrees, but that’s how cold it was one morning this past week. The rhododendron leaves were so curled up that they looked ...

On a fine gray afternoon in late October, I came across an impressive cone midden beneath a towering red spruce. While it was surely the work of an industrious squirrel — perhaps a family, given the ...