When I ask talk to new backyard birders, almost all of them say they want to attract goldfinches. Picking the correct bird feeder and birdseed can determine whether you’ll be seeing finches or not.

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During the coming of this new season, we look forward to the arrival of migrant birds that wintered to the south of us. And they do arrive. Some may have already made their appearance. But we have ...

DEAR JOAN: We have had a sock feeder for finches for a few years now. In the past, it has attracted many birds. We hung a new sock up with new seed and have yet to see one. Is it still early for them ...

If you hang a bird feeder outside your home, there’s a good chance that your first visitor will be some kind of finch. We have five kinds of finches in Marin: the reddish house finch and purple finch, ...

A number of us who feed birds in the winter stop feeding during the summer because of plentiful natural food and to break the connection between bird seed and rodents. If you miss the action provided ...

People who watch birds at feeders and elsewhere are more aware of illness after a mysterious sickness affected songbirds in Indiana and in other states, especially along the East Coast. But not all ...

I think there is no better way to start a column about purple finches than to quote Roger Tory Peterson’s description of this bird, he called them “sparrows dipped in raspberry juice.” I saw my first ...

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 ...