The red-winged blackbird, at home in cattail vegetation of Minnesota’s bountiful wetlands, lakes and rivers, is a welcome ...

Cattails (Typha latifolia) are the iconic freshwater wetland plant. Where there is fresh water and some sun, there will be ...

A Ross’s goose has landed in Great Barrington for all to take a gander at. Then, on March 1, I awake to the sound of red-winged blackbirds, twee-ing and twee-ing as they greet the dawn. Yes! Red-wings ...

Carolus Linneaus, a Swedish scientist, gave the red-winged blackbird its scientific name, Agelaius phoenicus, in 1766. The name comes from the Greek words for flocking and red. Meet 5 types of ...

This boldly colored species boldly returns to Michigan in mid- to late February. By mid-March red-winged blackbirds can be ...

While sitting on my back porch one day during late afternoon, my leisurely pursuit was interrupted as a large and seemingly nervous flock of red-winged blackbirds happened to fly by my location.

But as a warming climate shortens Maine's winters, bird species once rarely seen during the colder months now hang around for ...

The massive annual spring migration of America's birds – millions of them – is underway. Here's how to follow along at home.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the DNR has been offering weekly alerts about species passing through or stopping in Michigan.

Greater Gardner bird watchers are welcoming a wide variety of birds to the area during the spring and migration season.

It’s finally beginning to feel like spring is around the corner at Audubon Community Nature Center. Plants are beginning to ...