Northern cardinals, flashy and beloved, hold the record for being the most common official state bird in seven states: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia.

(KFVS) - Ameren created an Avian Protection Program and partnered with the Illinois ... native animals through wildlife rehabilitation and provides education about conservation efforts. All the ...

Illinois Beach State Park is a bit like someone ... and mating piping plovers over the last few years. During major bird migration seasons, the combination of the Dead River and the lakefront ...

The nation’s grassland birds, spread across 320 million acres in 14 states, have declined 43% since 1970, more than any other category, and are “in crisis,” according to a report.

Millions of birds are migrating south for the winter, with more than 10 million crossing over the state of Illinois in just the last 24 hours alone. According to BirdCast, more than 13.5 million ...

Dale Bowman Share Social media and hunters illustrate one aspect of the rapid decline of hunting upland birds and small game in Illinois. “Younger hunters want to have species that are social ...