A new book, “The Breeding Birds of Minnesota: History, Ecology, and Conservation,” includes information on all 250 species of birds known to nest in Minnesota, including color photos, maps ...

In 1986, with the state species list at 400, Janssen put revised information into a book also titled "Birds in Minnesota." Today, at 443 species, with many changes in distribution and seasonal ...

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 ...

Birds are not just birds. They're also the stuff of official state lists. While most of our birds in Minnesota are native species that belong here, the state also tracks unregulated nonnative ...

Birds with “house” built into their names are, not surprisingly, common urban residents. Three such birds found in Minnesota include the house wren, house finch and house sparrow. Here’s a quick bio ...

On Dec. 15, 2018, volunteer Bart Anderson, with the Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter, stepped outside his home to spend his day counting birds. He did so by numbers and species, as hundreds o… ...

Spotify Minnesota’s state bird is everywhere: There are loons on license plates and library cards, at lottery counters, and ...

Dr. Ponder is with The Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota. "They do have a built-in ability to navigate," said Dr. Ponder. Dr. Ponder said different species of birds have different ways ...

We find out which birds in Minnesota are greatly affected, why, and what is being done to reverse the trend. The 2025 State of the Birds report reveals one-third of U.S. bird species are at risk ...

CATHY WURZER: Still February, but it feels like spring is knocking on our door. And with it comes the return of birds that migrate through Minnesota every year, many of them following the ...

The act was initially targeted at protecting birds at a time when some species were being hunted nearly to extinction to satisfy the demand for big, wide women's hats adorned with exotic bird plumes.