Each year thousands of people across the country and throughout the world count birds during the four-day Great Backyard Bird ...

Nature enthusiasts and bird watchers were treated to a rare sighting of a bittern at Rainton Meadows on Tuesday, February 4. The elusive bird, known for its expert camouflage and deep, booming ...

A shy master of camouflage, this small heron, barely larger than a pigeon, lurks in dense reedbeds worldwide, often going unnoticed until it takes flight. The Little Bittern is a small heron with a ...

Sturgeon fishing on the Rainy River has slowed as the Littlefork and Bigfork Rivers have gone out. CO Troy Fondie (Orr) reports attending training, river activities were monitored very poor fishing, ...

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“This allows us to look at long-term trends in winter bird populations all across the state and get ... Here are the top five birds they observed: American Goldfinch (9,925 birds counted ...

Workers who interact with sick animals remain at highest risk and should wear protective gear at all ... wild birds and should consider keeping cats indoors, according to the American Veterinary ...

Along the long road from American icon to endangered species and back again, the bald eagle — the national bird of the United States, often seen against a clear blue sky — is having a moment.

NEW YORK — Bird flu circulating in a handful of live poultry markets in New York City prompted weeklong closures of markets in the region for the week. The bird flu risk to the general public is ...

Has the virus been detected at all in New Hampshire? Yes. Bird flu is circulating in some wild birds in New Hampshire — especially waterfowl, like ducks and geese. But so far, it hasn’t spread ...

Bird flu — also known as avian influenza or H5N1 — has been spreading among animals in Illinois. This week, hundreds of ducks were found dead along Lake Michigan. So far, there have been no ...