WAUWATOSA – The mercury hit the low 90s Tuesday and extreme heat advisories were issued in southeastern Wisconsin. Sweltery summer weather to be sure. But Tuesday evening one of the leading indicators ...

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The peak time for viewing the common nighthawk migration is right now. I have already had reports of these birds passing over people’s houses and through the uptown Charlotte area. Common nighthawks ...

As the sun nears the western horizon, you hear a buzzy call, pzzeent!, from overhead. Looking up, you see a bird about the size of a pigeon but with narrow, angular wings, sailing and fluttering in a ...