looks like a house finch, but the coloring is not typical. What kind of bird is this?” asks Birds & Blooms reader Jean Bullock of Du Quoin, Illinois. Birding experts Kenn and Kimberly Kaufman ...

House finches, such as this adult male, can be common visitors to hummingbird feeders. By Gary Phillips For The Sun News The bird-breeding season continues in our area, although some species are ...

Where has bird flu been reported in Illinois? Are my pets at risk? Should I still be eating eggs? Here’s what to know about ...

Discover 7 types of finch birds to look for in winter. The difference between these birds becomes clear when you compare the adult males. Purple finches are a deep cranberry or raspberry color on ...

Seeds of all kinds were scarce. The small, soft ones were quickly exhausted by the birds, leaving mainly large, tough seeds that the finches normally ignore. Under these drastically changing ...

One of Charles Darwin's famous 14 finches — the island-dwelling bird species that helped inspire the theory of evolution — the medium tree finch is found only on Floreana, one of the nine major ...