While the common redpoll and hoary redpoll may look alike to laypeople, avian biologists and enthusiasts can tell them apart. Hoary redpolls are slightly larger, with smaller beaks compared to ...

Altogether, Funk examined the full genome of 73 individuals from all the different subtypes, including the Common Redpoll, the Hoary Redpoll, and the Lesser Redpoll. What he found is that, despite the ...

Watching the birds in the winter brings joy and life into a bleak and cold landscape. There is excitement in seeing a rare bird or a new bird in your yard. Who can resist dropping everything and ...

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 ...

The decisions combined the common redpoll and hairy redpoll, split up the barn owl into three species, and changed grammar. Defining a species is, like any other scientific endeavor, subject to ...

Since redpolls often travel in groups, some Wisconsin birders have had 25 to 50 or more of the birds at their feeding stations at once this winter, Brady said. "It can be quite the spectacle ...

So far, this winter seems to be a poor one for northern finches in Maine, but that could change as seed crops to the north are depleted. Isn’t it great when our winter bird feeders are overrun ...

The redpolls get their name from the bright red spot on the top of their head. While the common redpoll and hoary redpoll may look alike to laypeople, avian biologists and enthusiasts can tell them ...