Greensboro Birds

There’s been some discussion about purple finches versus house finches in the comments over on Mary’s View, so I thought I’d dig up a couple old pics and try to compare them. Above is a purple finch lolling in the sun. He’s a burly guy, with a rosy hue in his wing feathers and very [...]

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I’m liveblogging this family of house finches. Right now, the adults are outside the office window with one of their fledglings, showing it the ropes of the niger seed sock. What a racket—I can hardly get any work done!

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House finches are invading in massive numbers today. The eastern redbuds as I type this are hosting 12 that I can see, and I know there are many more in the woods because they are singing their little heads off. We’re having flurries today, and a convergence of high and low fronts are provoking the [...]

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The Piedmont is under a winter storm warning tonight. We might see our first snow of the season, but more likely we’ll just get some icy roads that’ll keep us housebound for a few hours at the end of our little road. The birds are loading up at all the feeders. This morning has been [...]

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Sing it with me: One of these things is not like the other …
That streaked bird is a pine siskin, which commonly flocks with American goldfinches. Bird blogs and message boards are abuzz with news of a possible big irruptive year for several species, including the siskin, due to the poor seed crops in both [...]

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