I think there is no better way to start a column about purple finches than to quote Roger Tory Peterson’s description of this bird, he called them “sparrows dipped in raspberry juice.” I saw my first ...

We don’t get the variety of birds in our yard during the winter months that we do in the summer. Still, we have a pretty loyal following that show every day to munch on the morsels we put out for them ...

For 143 consecutive days -- from Dec. 5, 2007, through April 25 -- purple finches came to my bird feeders in Hocking County. The highest number was 44 on April 13. On the two days before leaving, ...

These two birds with the cardinal on Stuart McCausland’s feeder in Kempsville are female and male purple finches. There. I’ve said it. After years of wondering and guessing when I see a particularly ...

If you’ve noticed being in the outdoors has become quieter and the landscape a little more drab, you are not alone. Entire species of birds have disappeared from our forests, fields and backyard ...

I think there is no better way to start a column about purple finches than to quote Roger Tory Peterson's description of this bird, he called them “sparrows dipped in raspberry juice.” I saw my first ...