The western meadowlark is common in western Minnesota’s grasslands during the spring and summer. The medium-sized, yellow-breasted bird nests on the ground and migrates to the arid Southwest in ...

That population, readily adapting to city life and bird feeders, spread east, eventually arriving here. Minnesota's first ... orange color instead of yellow. Yellow-breasted chats can become ...

Nesting Minnesota birds do not raise families while in their winter territories. • House wrens, eastern bluebirds, yellow-rumped warblers, red-winged blackbirds, and wood ducks head to southern ...

But none of those birds, Erickson said, has been the fruit-eating kind. Instead, she said, they're yellow-rumped warblers and sparrows migrating through Minnesota. So far this fall the state is ...

But none of those birds, Erickson said, has been the fruit-eating kind. Instead, she said, they’re yellow-rumped warblers and sparrows migrating through Minnesota. So far this fall the state is ...

The American goldfinch is widely found across southern Canada and the northern and central United States, including Minnesota ... little bird a chickadee or a nuthatch? A white-breasted nuthatch ...

The yellow-breasted bunting, a once common migratory bird, has been driven to the brink of extinction in recent years as a result of illegal hunting. The species was reclassified as“critically ...

The yellow-breasted bunting has gone from "vulnerable" to "critically endangered," say conservationists. Hunting is the main reason for a dramatic decline in numbers. The songbird is considered a ...