In many parts of California's Sacramento Valley, hearing the high-pitched cries of newborn blackbirds was once a common occurrence. "It's something that I hear very infrequently, almost rarely ...

VENTURA, Calif.— The California Fish and Game Commission voted today to protect tricolored blackbirds as a threatened species under the California Endangered Species Act, 14 years after the Center for ...

A disturbing avian mystery is unfolding in a Northern California town where residents have reported birds "exploding," and ...

The Center petitioned to protect tricolored blackbirds under both the federal and California Endangered Species Acts after dramatic declines of nesting colonies due to loss of wetlands and native ...

TIPTON, Calif. (AP) -- A central California farmer is holding off on harvesting his fields until thousands of imperiled tricolored baby blackbirds can fly from their nests. The Fresno Bee reports ...