Minnesota residents fume after 14,500 pounds of bird droppings fall in local lake - Lake Augusta, located in the city of Mendota Heights, becomes a haven for the cormorants each fall due to the dead t ...

“The Breeding Birds of Minnesota” is the first comprehensive guide to the state’s 250 species since the 1930s.

How many bird species nest in Minnesota? The new book "The Breeding Birds of Minnesota" is the first comprehensive guide to the state's 250 species since the 1930s.

Minnesota's birds are illustrated, of course, in the many guides to identification of North America's avifauna. Those books put a name to an image.

Minnesota's nonnative birds range from rare to pesky Minnesota classifies, and in some cases regulates, introduced bird species.

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

Different species of birds have different ways of navigating. But all migrating birds, over time, develop a mental map, allowing them to follow waterways and landmarks.

The new, interactive online atlas is considered the bible of Minnesota's native birds, documenting species that nest and raise their young in the state's forests, prairies, suburbs and cities.

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 ...

Listed as a species in greatest conservation need by the Minnesota DNR, bobolinks have declined by an estimated 60 percent since 1970 according to the bird study.

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.

Here and in coastal areas, threats like climate change and habitat loss can impact birds and insects that move through Minnesota.