Our last column focused on Juncos. This week, we will focus in a lesser manner on two other feeder birds, the black-capped chickadee and the more recent addition, the house finch. Let us begin with ...

I remember looking out at the birdfeeder and seeing it crammed full of evening grosbeaks — large, black-and-yellow finches with large bills. They reminded me of big wasps, in a way. They would show up ...

Carotenoids are the underlying pigment for much of the enormous variety in color found across birds and form the basis for the colors red, yellow, and orange. In a study published in Current Biology, ...

April 23 (UPI) --The heads of Gouldian finches feature one of three different colors: yellow, red and black. Now, scientists know why the pressures of natural selection have failed to erase the ...

When red-billed and yellow-billed finches mate, their offspring have orange bills. By studying the exact shade of orange in ...

Quiz question: Name a bright yellow bird, one that seems invariably chipper, has an unusual diet, moves around in flocks of its own kind and lives among us in disguise all winter. If “male American ...

Lesser goldfinches are common in and around Santa Fe in the summer months. It’s not uncommon to see these small, yellow finches in the winter, as we are just on the northern edge of their winter range ...

With winter setting in there’s no better time to set up a bird feeder — or several — and enjoy watching the bright red cardinals, black and white marked woodpeckers, yellow finches or the bluish-gray ...