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Many Native Americans are marking ceremonies like graduations with bald eagle feathers, a form of reverence for the bird they ...
Spotify Minnesota’s state bird is everywhere: There are loons on license plates and library cards, at lottery counters, and ...
Birds with “house” built into their names are, not surprisingly, common urban residents. Three such birds found in Minnesota include the house wren, house finch and house sparrow. Here’s a quick bio ...
In Minnesota, we have three groups of birds that are on this national watchlist. First are birds that live in Minnesota year-round, like the greater prairie chicken, and evening grosbeak.
Minnesota's DNR is calling on residents to report turkey and pheasant sightings, helping to shape hunting limits and monitor ...
Many birds we see in Minnesota during winter include some of the same species we see year-round, such as blue jays and goldfinches, but often they're birds that have flown down from farther north.
The possession of feathers and other parts of native North American birds without a permit is banned by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, says the website of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
Minnesota has declared a state of emergency due to a trifecta of bird flu strains. ... Minnesota, on April 30, 2015, amid a bird flu outbreak. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via Getty Images) ...
Turkey producers talk about the benefits they've seen from adding lasers to their arsenal for warding off migratory birds.
University of Minnesota researchers have developed bird-friendly building guidelines using data collected with the help of volunteers from Project BirdSafe — a joint effort between Audubon Minnesota ...
Added funding, biosecurity measures and a vaccine rollout may be playing a major role in limiting disasters caused by ...
We find out which birds in Minnesota are greatly affected, why, and what is being done to reverse the trend. The 2025 State of the Birds report reveals one-third of U.S. bird species are at risk ...