DULUTH — The number of breeding ducks estimated across the continent hit 33.99 million this spring, up 5% over 2023, but nearly all of the increase happened in the far north and west. That’s the ...

Though each annual Illinois Spring Bird Count — held the first Saturday in May — has its surprises, the latest one, at least in my participation area, was particularly unusual. A bird species that ...

DREHERSVILLE – Early April is when sportsmen begin looking for birds in earnest. Only these birds are not those spindly-legged, bearded rulers of the forest that sound off with their thunderous ...

Hawk Mountain’s official spring migration count, which began Tuesday, April 1, will continue through Thursday, May 15. Sanctuary scientists, trainees and volunteers will be stationed at North Lookout ...

MACKINAW CITY — The Mackinac Straits Raptor Watch has announced the start of its 2026 Spring Hawk Count, marking the beginning of the annual spring migration of raptors through the Straits of Mackinac ...