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 ...

A RED-LISTED bird with declining numbers has been spotted near a river in Herefordshire. According to the birdwatching site, goingbirding.co.uk, a lesser redpoll was spotted by C Lamonby on January 6 ...

Our bird-feeding season normally begins about the same time as the leaf drop. And varying a bit with the weather at that time, I do like to fill the empty feeders about the middle of October.

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 in ...

GRAND FORKS – The bird columnist must make a choice between species that are regular here but ordinarily not abundant, and species that are often abundant but are absent this year. The choice goes to ...

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 ...