This week, birders around the world lost one beloved feathered creature from their birding life list. Fortunately, no species went extinct. Instead, this change resolved a long-held misunderstanding ...

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 ...

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has confirmed that salmonellosis, an infection with the bacteria salmonella, has been the cause for mortality in common redpoll birds ...

Its name, at least in Yakima, is a misnomer. The common redpoll is anything but common in these parts. It can be a routine, ho-hum sighting for any birder espying a common redpoll in Alaska, northern ...

As winter settles in, people watching their birdfeeders hope to catch a glimpse of something out of the ordinary — perhaps a visitor from the Far North. Nothing satisfies this desire like the bubbly ...

Bird names can be misleading as most of us know. Case in point, the red-bellied woodpecker, whose pinkish underparts are one of its least conspicuous field marks. Or the Nashville warbler, a species ...

This beautiful male common redpoll is an eruptive winter visitor to the Garden State. GARDEN STATE BIRDERS are getting excited – a wave of common redpolls has found its way from its northern home to ...

GRAND FORKS - This week's bird of the week looks quite a lot like last week's bird of the week, and the house finch and the common redpoll do have some things in common. They are both finches. To say ...

The following sightings were reported to Newburyport Birders this week. Report your sightings to Newburyport Birders at newburyportbirders.com or by calling 978-204-2976. Various areas on Cape Ann: ...