When we think of glaciers, polar bears and penguins often come to mind. Finches are more associated with backyards than icy ledges, but one species found a way to survive one of Earth’s most extreme ...

DEAR JOAN: I have a house flinch that insists on building a nest on the wires — telephone, cable, electric — above my bedroom window. It creates a mess, but I could deal this with it except that last ...

DEAR JOAN: A pair of house finches decided to make their nest in one of the eaves of my house. After they built the nest, things were quiet for at least four to five weeks as they apparently were ...

Following a coffee-shaded bird as it darted from cliffs above the timberline in Wyoming’s Snowy Range, bird-watchers discovered one of the six to eight brown-capped rosy finch nests ever reported.

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. One day in late May, I spotted some weedy crud on my porch sconce. It looked ...

DEAR JOAN: I have a house flinch that insists on building a nest on the wires — telephone, cable, electric — above my bedroom window. It creates a mess, but I could deal this with it except that last ...