We’ve been reminded what winter can be. For the first time in a long while, we find ourselves bracing for the cold whenever we head outside. We’ve had weeks of nightly temperatures below freezing and ...

NORTH MANKATO — Maddy Olsen was just minding her own business — having a pleasant stroll through the bucolic surroundings of North Mankato’s Spring Lake Park — when the brutal attack occurred. “I was ...

After weeks of bitter cold and predictable feeder activity, a longtime birder watches winter linger while waiting for the sudden, uncertain arrival of red-winged blackbirds and the first true signs ...

From the marshy "squall" of red-winged blackbirds to the bright white stripe of the bobolink among the tall grass, the return of certain birds from their fall migration back to their breeding habitat ...

Around this time of year, male red-winged blackbirds are at the peak of their beauty - and their aggressiveness. Just ask anyone who's been divebombed by a protective feathered father. Males fluff ...

Sometimes I like to nerd out on a specific bird. The challenge is to learn something new, and I always do. Today's focus is the red-winged blackbird, a perfectly named harbinger of spring in northern ...

Editor's note: This following edition of Nature News is a 2017 column, with 2024 updates, including a reference to our most recent snow storm. An internet outage prevented Susan Pike from writing a ...

Red-wings are found all over North America, barring the very far north and some patches of unlivable habitat. They are here in Juneau, too; two easy places to see them are Kingfisher Pond in the Lemon ...

Bill Combs Jr., a local wildlife photographer, recorded the incident at the Cobleskill Reservoir, about 45 miles west of Albany, according to the New York State Department of Environmental ...

If you're a predator that eats baby birds -- say, an American crow -- eavesdropping on the begging calls of nestlings can be an easy way to find your next meal. Few studies have investigated whether ...