The red-winged blackbird, at home in cattail vegetation of Minnesota’s bountiful wetlands, lakes and rivers, is a welcome ...

This boldly colored species boldly returns to Michigan in mid- to late February. By mid-March red-winged blackbirds can be ...

But as a warming climate shortens Maine's winters, bird species once rarely seen during the colder months now hang around for ...

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the DNR has been offering weekly alerts about species passing through or stopping in Michigan. Here's how you can sign up.

The massive annual spring migration of America's birds – millions of them – is underway. Here's how to follow along at home.

“People tend to have an unconscious bias towards male birds, and that’s often because they’re brighter and easier to identify ...

Greater Gardner bird watchers are welcoming a wide variety of birds to the area during the spring and migration season.

Red-shouldered hawks are gorgeous medium-sized, solid birds, smaller than a red-tailed but bigger than a broad-winged hawk.

For proof, listen for the distinctive “conk-la-ree!” song of the red-winged blackbird. These boldly colored migratory birds spend the colder months in the southern United States and begin ...

Whether they’re opening for takeoff, spreading wide for a lazy soar or flapping to brake for landing, bird wings make flying ...

Among the species returning to Michigan first are species like red-winged blackbirds, turkey vultures, sandhill cranes, and Canada geese. "These may not be rare and exciting birds at first glance ...