New York state expands popular grassland bird area
Associated Press
August 3, 2018
The state-owned area is within a 2,000-acre grassland recognized by the National Audubon Society as critical bird habitat.
Birds
Piping plovers, common terns making conservation history on Presque Isle
Pennsylvania Game Commission Reports
July 13, 2018
For the second consecutive year, a pair of federally endangered piping plovers are raising chicks on Presque Isle State Park’s Gull Point. Further heightening this breaking conservation news is the nesting of a pair of
Hearing unusual wetlands sounds? Maybe it’s a hidden bittern
Sharon Stiteler
July 9, 2018
These common though elusive wading birds intrigue birders and lakeshore owners around the country during the heart of summer.
A cornerstone wildlife protection law, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, celebrates 100 years July 3
Rob Drieslein
June 29, 2018
A great conservation success story, the MBTA – like too many environmental protections – faces political challenges and legislation hurdles if it’s to survive another century.
North Dakota upland bird harvest numbers take a hit
North Dakota Game and Fish Department Reports
June 11, 2018
Drought conditions and not as many hunters in the field last fall meant fewer pheasants, sharp-tailed grouse and Hungarian partridge in the bag.
Birding world a-Twitter over a grand convergence at Tadoussac, Quebec
Sharon Stiteler
May 29, 2018
Morning flight phenomenon during migration results in hundreds of thousands of warblers and other species for a bird-watching shangri-la.
Injured birds get new chance at Michigan sanctuary
Associated Press
May 24, 2018
COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Francie Krawcke tosses a dead mouse into the air and watches with amazement as a bald eagle swoops down and catches it in its outstretched talons. It’s in these moments that
Watching bird builders achieve annual spring feats of avian engineering
Tony Peterson
May 18, 2018
Hike or paddle the trails and waterways of the North Country these days, and you’ll witness borderline mind-boggling nest-building and rearing of young critters.
No grousing about birds this spring
Sharon Stiteler
May 17, 2018
Consider monitoring prairie grouse from a public viewing blind in Minnesota or the Dakotas.
