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 ...

Its name, at least in Yakima, is a misnomer. The common redpoll is anything but common in these parts. It can be a routine, ho-hum sighting for any birder espying a common redpoll in Alaska, northern ...

The decisions combined the common redpoll and hairy redpoll, split up the barn owl into three species, and changed grammar. Defining a species is, like any other scientific endeavor, subject to ...

A RED-LISTED bird with declining numbers has been spotted near a river in Herefordshire. According to the birdwatching site, ...

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 ...