A big bunch of redpolls -- certainly 40 or more -- showed up at my backyard feeder west of Gilby, N.D., one afternoon last week. I've seen redpolls around Grand Forks, too, and several callers have ...

This has been a remarkable year for redpolls. Redpolls showed up early in winter at my place west of Gilby, N.D., and they've been increasing in numbers ever since. These are common redpolls. I ...

Mar. 28—Common redpolls, one of few Alaska songbirds that endure the grueling northern winter, are familiar visitors to Southcentral. But this winter, an explosion of the little scarlet-capped finches ...

If you haven't noticed flocks of common redpolls this year, you've either spent too much time in the woods or holed-up by the wood stove with the curtains closed. These small, lively boreal finches ...

I saw the flock of birds, hand unloaded my shotgun and leaned it up against a tree, then grabbed my camera. My grouse hunt had been interrupted by a favorite winter bird: The common redpoll. The ...

Last week I finished off my introductory column with a little challenge. I presented you with a photo of a bird and wondered if you could identify it. This week, as promised, I provide the answer to ...

Molecular genetic studies of species are giving us clearer, more precise views of the natural world around us. These sorts of studies have the greatest public impacts when they reveal that a familiar ...

The wildlife activity is typically brisk each morning at a feeder in a pocket garden on our home's north side. But after 25 years of living here and maintaining a feeder at the spot, the common ...

What a difference two weeks makes. In mid-January, I watched cardinals, juncos, two kinds of nuthatches, blue jays, woodpeckers and an American tree sparrow, among others, at my front and back yard ...