North America is home to 17 species of finches. Two of them live year-round in the Times News region: the American goldfinch ...

A Red-Bellied Woodpecker comes in for a landing on this tube feeder filled with hot pepper suet bits (no squirrels, raccoons, or bears here). A female House Finch and a male Northern Cardinal are ...

On a windy spring day in Iowa, the American goldfinch frequently darts through the gray sky with a quick burst of yellow and ...

I am a creature of habit and I always write my column on a Thursday. On this particular morning, I find myself luxuriating in an unexpected, but most welcome, deviation from my normal routine. A huge ...