In a complete contrast to house finches, purple finches are are only found in flocks during the winter and are territorial and solitary throughout the rest of the year. During the winter ...

The pre-dawn is clear, cool and calm when I step outside. In the fading darkness, a barred owl calls from the nearby woods. In the growing light of a new day, I hear songs of a robin and a phoebe, ...

The sound of birdsong is one of the joys of the season, but bird feeders can attract more than just our small feathered ...

Spring is in the air. That means more birds flocking to Nova Scotia and the risk of avian influenza, commonly known as bird ...

The big caveat here is that the typical birds that people see in their backyard feeders — the purple finches ... Even in the winter because of the risk of autoimmune disease spreading to ...

Last spring I did another container with some of this year’s new flowers, Virtuoso Classy Carmine dahlia, Stardiva Blue scaevola and Supertunia Saffron Finch ... Punch is purple with blackeye ...

For example, I often saw it tag female house sparrows as chipping sparrows over the winter, and occasionally saw a house finch tagged as a purple finch. For the most part, it did a good job with ...

Flowers of all kinds of colors pop up across various landscapes, marking the start of a fresh chapter as we close out the cold of winter ... scattered with plush purple bush lupine.

Jockey Muzi Yeni celebrates after riding Royal Victory to a win in the Grade 1 Betway Summer Cup, 25 November 2023, at ...