I watched two cardinals on a bare branch today, one with wings aquiver, leaning toward its parent and asking to be fed with a loud chirp. The mother obliged by placing a bit of sunflower chip in its ...

It goes a little something like this: A young male zebra finch, whose father taught him a song, shared that song with a brother, with the two youngsters then creating new tunes based on dad’s ...

Zebra finch youngsters learning to mimic adult songs lose ground but then recover whenever they sleep, according to an extensive study of recordings. After being awake several hours, the young males ...

North America is home to 17 species of finches. Two of them live year-round in the Times News region: the American goldfinch ...