I saw the flock of birds, hand unloaded my shotgun and leaned it up against a tree, then grabbed my camera. My grouse hunt had been interrupted by a favorite winter bird: The common redpoll. The ...

Redpolls are among winter's treats. A description from "The Birds of North America" (Philadelphia, 2000) makes clear why this is so. In their monograph about common redpolls, Alan G. Knox and Peter ...

On the morning of the blizzard, I was doing some work in my study while the rest of the family was slowly stirring into activity. My grandson came up the steps and said, "Grandad, you should see all ...

Molecular genetic studies of species are giving us clearer, more precise views of the natural world around us. These sorts of studies have the greatest public impacts when they reveal that a familiar ...

Mar. 28—Common redpolls, one of few Alaska songbirds that endure the grueling northern winter, are familiar visitors to Southcentral. But this winter, an explosion of the little scarlet-capped finches ...

If you haven't noticed flocks of common redpolls this year, you've either spent too much time in the woods or holed-up by the wood stove with the curtains closed. These small, lively boreal finches ...