A Flight Year for Winter Finches

The Outside Story By Jack Beaudoin 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 size of the mound – I looked up to see a red crossbill... Continue Reading →

A Tale of Two Grosbeaks

[One of favorite birds in a story by my favorite nature writer produced by one of my favorite organizations. SB SM] By Susan SheaLast February, several evening grosbeaks, which we rarely see here, visited our feeder. About the size of robins, the males were yellow with black and white wings, a black tail, and a bright... Continue Reading →

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