Every time a zebra finch lands, takes off, or hops on the guitars' strings, the notes play through a nearby amplifier. Courtesy of Ben Mirin The young male zebra finch alighted on the nearest guitar ...

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 recent heavy snowstorms that created havoc for people in the northern half of the country also may have pushed a group of pretty birds called purple finches to the Houston area. The little birds ...

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 ...

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 ...

Some female zebra finches foist a part of their eggs on their neighbors. Scientists in Germany have discovered that in every fifth nest there is one egg that is not produced by its social parents. The ...

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 ...