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 ...

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 ...

In September, as summer yields to fall, most of the colorful birds that breed in our region during spring and summer head south for warmer locales. The departure of ruby-throated hummingbirds, ...

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 ...

Juncos, cardinals, goldfinches, titmice, mourning doves, chickadees and nuthatches are some of the bird species attracted to feeders in winter. Most are easy to distinguish. Two that might be ...

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 ...