Donald Estep Brown Booby birds are among the species listed in Indiana. According to the Illinois Ornithological Society, the species was listed on the Illinois state list of birds in 2022.

Illinois Check out 10 bird species you’ll likely catch at your Illinois feeder in late summer, fall By Meredith Howard Updated August 17, 2023 9:52 AM ...

Millions of birds crossed over Illinois overnight in their spring migration, and “Migration Alerts” are active as those flights will continue. According to Birdcast, more than 22 million birds ...

Waterfowl hang out at Montrose Beach in 2020. Recently, some dead waterfowl have been found more in northern Illinois. Officials attributed the bird deaths to HPAI, a highly infectious and deadly ...

Medical experts here in Illinois sat down with the I-Team to explain what they're doing to keep bird flu from becoming the next human pandemic. As the virus spreads among animals, it is mutating.

Nation’s grassland birds, found in 14 states, have declined 43% since 1970, more than any other category, and are currently ‘in crisis.’ ...

According to Birdcast, more than 22 million birds crossed over the state of Illinois Sunday night and into Monday morning, with up to 35.5 million birds in flight just after 1 a.m. Monday.

BREESE, Ill. -- It looked like something out of an Alfred Hitchcock movie: hundreds of dead birds covering JoAnn Thole's lawn in this southwestern Illinois town. "I've got 117 pounds of dead birds ...

A number of bird flu cases have been reported in the Chicago area in recent weeks, leading to many questions about how quickly the virus is spreading and how worried residents should be.

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 ...