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Warblers, songbirds, shorebirds and ducks are flocking back amid the mild spring weather. As warmer temperatures return to Wisconsin, so do the birds. Migratory species are making their way back to ...
Corn Belt agricultural landscape acts as migration barrier, forcing songbirds to fly faster and seek tailwinds.
Songbirds that Tom Lounsbury looks forward to each year are the Baltimore oriole and hummingbird, which usually get to the ...
Spring provides an opportunity to visually combine showy blossoms and vivid birds, a delight for birders, and a chance for a photographer to capture, perhaps, the ultimate image.
About 1,000 migrating songbirds were killed over a single night ... these are the species most likely to arrive to Cook County during the spring and depart during the fall: American Redstart ...
Songbirds who make the arduous flight from their nesting sites in northern boreal forests to warm, southern climates in the winter may be rewarded for their journey with greater genetic diversity.
Birds regularly shed and regrow their body and wing feathers in a process, called molting, that is critical for flight, ...
Summer tanagers arrive in Alabama in the spring and spend the summer breeding in forests. The summer tanager is one of the "Beautiful Birds of Alabama," a series highlighting some of the state's most ...
Millions of birds crossed over Illinois overnight in their spring migration, and here's how residents can help keep them safe in their journey.
Songbirds who make the arduous flight from ... who stick closer to their northern breeding locations, either not migrating or migrating only short distances, for example, to the southern United ...
Their near relative, the scarlet tanager, can also be found in Alabama during the spring and summer ... Starting in October, the birds will begin migrating to Central and South America, where ...
Last spring, when river water was released in late March, conditions were pretty good for both migrants and breeders arriving ...