Retired teacher Larry Weber, of Barnum, is the author of “Butterflies of the North Woods" and “Spiders of the North Woods," ...

Small and unassuming, the brown and white speckled pine siskin is a plain yet fascinating backyard visitor. Flashes of yellow ...

This year’s data showed more robins, crows and Canada geese than the year before. Pine siskins were the most counted bird by far. Rare sightings included two meadowlarks at Matsuda Farm ...

Looking at a flock of about a dozen purple finches and goldfinches the afternoon of Feb. 2, I noticed one pine siskin among them. A week later, about a half-dozen were present, and by mid-month ...