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Have you ever stepped into a secluded valley where golden light, rushing water, and a chorus of birds make the whole landscape feel alive around you? This spring, during a special behind-the-scenes ...

I stepped out onto the porch at 5:45 this morning with a mug of coffee and the free Merlin app running. Pocket Canyon was wide awake. Right off the bat: a Steller’s jay squawking from the trees—always ...

Populations of the lesser goldfinch, native to the American Southwest, are traveling northward, likely because of the changing climate and landscape modification, according to a Cornell University ...

"Understanding how birds like the Lesser Goldfinch respond to climate change and urbanization helps us predict how other species might also be impacted." "When we understand how wildlife responds to ...

ITHACA, N.Y. — New research published in the journal Ornithology shows that Lesser Goldfinches, a small songbird traditionally found in the Southwest, are expanding their range northward through the ...

Around 75 birders took to land and sea on and around Vashon on Dec. 28, scouring the island to track local bird populations for the island’s 25th Christmas Bird Count (CBC). This year’s data showed ...

Stop-and-go traffic is the norm when Alan McCoy is birding. Especially on the relatively empty back roads near his home south of Spokane. He’s always scanning the sky, the trees and the power lines.

This time of year, I start to feel a little trapped by the heat. Don’t get me wrong, I understand the No. 1 rule of hiking in high-heat conditions: Get up early. But any one of my friends would ...

The yellowed winter grasslands yawned like an empty concert hall until the meadowlark began to sing. It was a glorious sound that filled the wilderness silence with lilting notes of energy and joy. It ...

When we moved to Boise in 1992, the lesser goldfinch was so rare that the sighting of a single individual would send birders scurrying to the scene. These birds would occasionally show up on the Boise ...