The struggle is mainly about food -- different ... winnowed certain finches harshly during a severe drought in 1977. That year, the vegetation withered. Seeds of all kinds were scarce.

There are now at least 13 species of finches on the Galapagos Islands, each filling a different niche on different islands. All of them evolved from one ancestral species, which colonized the ...

An easy way that I stay connected to nature, even if I have a busy schedule, is taking a moment to look out a window and ...

The finches in the above video were collected from the Galápagos Islands in 1835 by Charles Darwin and his colleagues during the second voyage of HMS Beagle (1831-1836). The different finch species on ...

Several kinds ... finches primarily, such as goldfinches, siskins, and redpolls. Millet is a favorite of ground-feeding birds like doves, sparrows, and juncos,” he says. Grieg agrees ...

Red-breasted nuthatch came to the suet. Two mourning doves fed with the turkeys. Three kinds of finches arrived to dine on thistle seeds: goldfinch, purple finch and redpoll. None are uncommon ...