Wiesebron debuts with a remarkable high fantasy as thoroughly Slavic and delightfully alive as the building that lends it its name, an orange-shingled house on chicken legs. When orphaned Marisha ...

It’s not just an abstract question. Birds rely on their coloration and feathers to communicate with others of their kind, especially during mating season. Male House Finches, for example, look flushed ...

It’s that time of year here in our neck of Pennsylvania when it’s prime nesting season for our feathered friends. Case in ...

One other example of “birds not of a feather nesting together” does ... Although martins are bigger than sparrows, the house sparrow, as a finch, has a more sizeable beak.

Kellie Joyce spotted a house finch on May 1, and immediately knew it was unusual. "The house finch came in with a flock of about 20 to 25 purple finches, and along with that came in about 50 ...

A rare sighting among a flock of birds may have been a first for Newfoundland and Labrador. Kellie Joyce spotted a house finch on May 1, and immediately knew it was unusual. "The house finch came in ...

Originally, these finches likely picked parasites from the feathers of larger birds like boobies, providing a beneficial cleaning service. Over time, this behavior evolved into pecking at the skin, ...