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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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… ...

DULUTH - It took eight years, 700 volunteers and thousands of hours in the field but Minnesota has its first new breeding bird atlas since 1936.The new, interactive online atlas is considered the ...

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 ...

A new report estimates the bobolink, a grassland bird found in Minnesota, has declined in population by 60 percent since 1970. Credit: Creative Commons/Flickr/Doug Greenberg .bird-blurb.decrease ...

In Minnesota, there are over 250 species of birds nesting alongside the locals. Fortunately, you don't need to travel to some exotic place to catch a glimpse of some rare and beautiful types of birds.

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 ...