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.

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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 ...

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 ...

Dozens of Illinois birds have been killed by the highly pathogenic avian flu. Dozens of Illinois birds have been killed by the highly pathogenic avian flu, which has also infected some cattle and ...

Birds that call Illinois grasslands and wetlands home are in serious decline, according to a new conservation report. Why it matters: Birds are indicators of the overall health of their habitats ...

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.

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 ...

Wallace said Illinois residents should probably be more concerned, at this point, about seasonal respiratory illnesses, such as the regular flu, COVID-19 and whooping cough, than about bird flu.