On a fine gray afternoon in late October, I came across an impressive cone midden beneath a towering red spruce. While it was surely the work of an industrious squirrel — perhaps a family, given the ...

On a fine gray afternoon in late October, I came across an impressive cone midden beneath a towering red spruce. While it was surely the work of an industrious squirrel — perhaps a family, given the ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. On a fine gray afternoon in late October, I came across an impressive cone midden beneath a towering red spruce. While it was surely the work of an ...

House finches are very social birds that enjoy the company of their owners. Many of these brightly colored birds like to perch on fingers or even receive a pet on the head or body. Given that ...

House finches, with their brown-streaked plumage and stout conical beaks, are such a common sight we often take them for granted. What many people don’t know is that they’re originally from the ...