A message on my answering machine brightened up my day: Marion Pearson reporting that she’d spotted a European goldfinch among the common American goldfinches dining at her feeder in Enfield. I saw ...

There’s a new kid on the block. It looks like a male American goldfinch that visits thistle feeders showing off its yellow plumage complemented by a black cap and black wings. The new kid is also a ...

Researchers have compiled more than 400 reports of European goldfinch, the majority of which were from Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Michigan. The original source of the birds seems to have been a ...

On a sunny July morning, I woke up extra early with a bird on my mind. No surprise there. But this bird was different. I'd seen it before but never in the United States. It was time to do something ...

Sometimes, there is a mystery to be solved as near as your back porch. Recently, on an unseasonably cold and dull day, I was engrossed in my usual lunchtime routine, enjoying some reheated coffee and ...

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For many people, summer holidays are a good chance to get away from the hustle and bustle and into nature. I smelled the perfume of pines and saw lots of familiar birds on my own week-long break in ...

The peanuts for our bird feeders, bought at the Westport co-op, came from Argentina in a 50kg sack that took both of us to haul from the car boot into a wheelbarrow. Bulk purchase saves money and time ...