It’s like closing time in a singles bar. Purple finches are in full courtship atop the oaks in my yard. They pause only long enough to empty my bird feeder and then resume their amorous advances.

We had no sooner talked about American goldfinches last week than an uncommon finch was showing up at people’s feeders all over town. It’s a purple finch that breeds from New England to Appalachia, ...

The Critically Endangered Galápagos mangrove finch has had its most successful breeding season on record, with 25 fledglings ...

Not many birds have pink plumage, so if you see some small birds with pink feathers you surely have focused on a rosy-finch. A small number of rosy-finches breed in the alpine areas of Pikes Peak, but ...

These two birds with the cardinal on Stuart McCausland’s feeder in Kempsville are female and male purple finches. There. I’ve said it. After years of wondering and guessing when I see a particularly ...

Bird lovers, especially avid finch lovers, should not miss the Transvaal Zebra Finch Society’s (TZFS) Fred Barnicoat Classic Zebra and Bengalese Show in Benoni on April 18. Top show class birds – some ...

Behind Darwin's sweeping Lee Point beach is a patch of diverse bushland where Ian Redmond has his binoculars out, scanning the long native grasses for Gouldian finches. Birdwatchers are calling on the ...

The Institute of Agriculture at the University of Malta is carrying out a general survey on the breeding of finches in Malta and Gozo, with the aim of establishing how widespread is the breeding of ...