ALWAYS IN SEASON: How to tell a finch from a warbler Probably, the American goldfinch should have been included in last week's column. It's another good starter bird, like the yellow warbler.

While yellow-billed finches don't produce red carotenoids in their bills, they can still make them in their retinas. "It's not that yellow-billed birds lack the genes for making red coloring; ...

Above left, a Medium Ground-Finch fledgling with a yellow lower beak begs for food from its parent. Above right, a Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Below left, a Yellow-footed Gull with a bright yellow beak ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- At dusk on a perfect, low-humidity summer evening -- in a lushly planted rooftop garden in Tompkinsville -- a fast-moving, tiny flash of bright yellow caught the eye of ...

Lesser goldfinches are common in and around Santa Fe in the summer months. It’s not uncommon to see these small, yellow finches in the winter, as we are just on the northern edge of their winter ...