With its bright golden mantle and jet-black body, it would be hard to mistake the yellow-headed blackbird for any other ...

Enjoy a relaxing retreat in nature at a gorgeous state forest in Iowa, boasting pristine campsites and plenty of trails for ...

The Iowa Ornithologists’ Union is celebrating its ... “We also have articles about birds in Iowa, and so that’s kind of our ... and I’m leading one to Easter Lake and Yellow Banks ...

Backyard birding is an excellent way to enjoy nature without leaving your home. Iowa has over 300 species of birds that are regularly seen with 431 species logged within our ...

A chicken egg-laying operation in Sioux County in northwest Iowa detected the state's first bird flu outbreak of 2024 in May. About 23 million birds have been destroyed in Iowa since 2022 to ...

Iowa veterinarian Jeff Kaisand signed an order limiting the movement of live birds in response to the bird flu. More than a million chickens had to be killed in a recent case.

Last week, an egg farm in Iowa's northern neighbor Minnesota was also hit by the avian flu, affecting just under 1.4 million of the birds.At the same time, more than 81,000 commercial turkey meat ...

But a bird expert at Iowa State University says the birds don't like the rainy weather. They like days like yesterday more. That's why he says 30 million birds passed through Iowa overnight.