The new book "The Breeding Birds of Minnesota" is the first comprehensive guide to the state's 250 species since the 1930s. In 1932, when T.S. Roberts published the first guide to all the birds known ...

As an indicator of overall ecosystem health, declining bird populations almost certainly point to similar losses of biodiversity across our native ecosystems. A new resource provides conservation ...

Minnesota's extensive library of books about its birds received a substantial addition recently when the University of Minnesota Press published "Birds in Minnesota." This is yet again a revised and ...

Northland birding guide Judd Brink, in center standing on the grass, uses binoculars to watch an uncommon northern hawk owl in the Sax-Zim Bog north of Duluth on Monday as two of his birding clients ...

Birding checklists and guide books often categorize birds based on the frequency with which they are seen. In Minnesota, a master checklist is kept by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU), ...

Stacker compiled a list of the most common birds seen near feeders in Minnesota using data from the Cornell Lab of ...

A migratory diver of the loon family, the common loon (Gavia immer) has been important to people living in the Great Lakes region for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. A migratory diver of the ...

Alex Burchard helped boost tourism near statues of Paul Bunyan and Babe the past several days as enthusiastic birders flocked ...

MINNEAPOLIS --A year ago, poultry farms across the state were dealing with a bird flu outbreak. More than 100 Minnesota farms were hit by avian influenza, forcing them to euthanize 3½ million birds.