Super-Rare Warbler is Nesting in Wisconsin; Birds Found Only in Jack Pine Forests
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By BRANDY BENEDICT  Active nests of an extremely rare bird species have been found in Wisconsin, a first for the state.  The birds, Kirtland's warblers, are classified as an endangered species and have been observed nesting only in the northern part of lower Michigan.
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Last year&#39;s Christmas Bird Count in Missouri turned up a green heron, rarely seen in the state in the winter. Randy Korotev, one of the organizers, has no idea what birds will delight this year&#39;s counters.
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A bird species new to science has been found by researchers on a remote island in the northern Philippines.
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After spending months in remote northwest Florida swamps searching for the ivory-billed woodpecker, researchers say they have seen and heard the rare bird once believed to be extinct.
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Several common species of North American birds have suffered drastic population declines since the arrival of the West Nile virus eight years ago, leaving rural and suburban areas quieter than they used to be and imposing ecological stresses on a variety of other animals and plants, a new study has...
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By Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah, Chicago Tribune  Jun. 14--Wooded Island's "Bird Man" is back -- but that doesn't mean Doug Anderson now approves of measures taken to remove several hundred shrubs and small trees on the bird-lover's paradise.
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The marbled murrelet, a threatened sea bird whose rare trait of nesting in old-growth forests made it a factor in logging battles in the U.S. Northwest, is also declining dramatically in Alaska and Canada, where most of the birds live, according to a U.S. government review.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - After 15 years of checking bald eagle nests from small planes, there are now an estimated 100 nesting pairs, up from 77 the previous year and 10 times the state's recovery goal under the Endangered Species Act.
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Wisconsin's annual battle against a leaf-eating insect got some help from this spring's nasty weather, which resulted in a huge decline in tree defoliation, a state forestry expert said Monday.
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Hormone-fueled songbirds are steadily forcing out a rival species in North America's Northwestern fir forests and threatening the more timid warblers with extinction, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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By Tom Venesky, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Times Leader  Feb. 24--CONYNGHAM TWP. -- It took only a glance for Barry Bloss to identify the large bird he saw soaring along the Susquehanna River late last year.
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Science & environment: The most successful revival of a British bird species notches up another two records.
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One of the UK's rarest birds is found in the East Anglian Fens for the first time since World War II.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. - Animal rescue workers have released about 100 birds that were treated for shock and concussions after crashing into an office building's windows last week.  The birds, cedar waxwings, were released Tuesday at the Honeywell wildlife refuge near Irmo.
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The number of woodlarks, one of England's most critically endangered birds, is rising, the RSPB says.
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While leaves tumble from trees this fall, another natural wonder is soaring overhead. Hawks in North and South America are taking to the air as part of a seasonal migration.
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By David Hendee, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Sep. 23--GRAND ISLAND, Neb. -- A plan for improving habitat for four rare wildlife species in the central Platte River hit a few bumps Friday in the prairie stream's broad, flat valley.