Migratory birds cover great distances to feed and breed, sometimes crossing continents and oceans in record time. Are they being impacted by rising global temperatures?Birds have always been a source ...

Spring bird migration is visible on weather radar, with potentially hundreds of thousands of birds passing overhead at night. The Indiana Dunes Birding Festival, held May 15-18, offers opportunities ...

Birds are on the move as their annual spring migration begins. Radar tracking allows you to follow along to see what birds are flying overhead as the birds move to their summer feeding grounds. "The ...

Red backed shrikes migrate using a fixed schedule, flying in stages with little variation, showing that genetics guide bird migration.

Each year, birds set out on their annual spring migration, traveling to their summer feeding grounds. This time of year is when local birds that went south for the winter return, or when birds that ...

DULUTH — “It’s a magical world back here,” Margie Menzies said on a chilly morning in early September. Like most days, Menzies, the education director for the Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory, has been ...

Dale Gentry speaks in almost reverential terms about a birding experience he had back in 2002 in La Crosse's Hixon Forest. It was the height of spring migration on the Mississippi Flyway, a migration ...

Millions of birds are expected to fly over the U.S. to reach their migratory destinations, and a sizeable fraction of them will pass through Michigan after the sun goes down on Sept. 29. Late on ...

The primary reason birds migrate is survival. Most species move to find food and safe places to raise their young. In temperate or polar regions, winters are harsh and food sources such as insects, ...