Bird names, both common and scientific, try to help clarify which bird is which. For black-capped chickadees, that means Poecile atricapillus for the Latin name, and any number of regional names.

Our last column focused on Juncos. This week, we will focus in a lesser manner on two other feeder birds, the black-capped chickadee and the more recent addition, the house finch. Let us begin with ...

A hooded warbler spotted at Cap Sauers Holding Nature Preserve on monitor Woody Goss’ practice run for the breeding bird survey, part of building a decades-long database by the Bird Conservation ...

The sightings of black-capped chickadees were more than any other kind of bird, as they have been for years. It’s good to take a day to see what birds that will winter with us here.