URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — Next weekend, wildlife enthusiasts have the chance to help scientists gain knowledge about local bird species. The Urbana Park District is asking Central IL residents to do their ...

When I became serious about birding in the 1990s, I wasn’t thinking about milestone birds. Then they started creeping up. The ...

Bird-feeding, if done properly, can help these birds survive. Black-capped chickadees, for example, have a much higher winter ...

More than four million birds crossed Illinois Saturday night into Sunday morning and more are expected in the coming days as an annual spring migration of birds over the United States continues.

Millions of birds crossed over Illinois overnight in their spring migration, and “Migration Alerts” are active as those flights will continue. According to Birdcast, more than 22 million birds crossed ...

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CHICAGO — The dapper black and yellow bobolink likes the Chicago area so much he flies there every spring from South America — a journey of about 6,000 miles. By no means depleted, the plucky visitor ...

Every five years, a small group of biologists and environmentalists assemble in a large corner office in Springfield with long glass windows. Inside that room, they weigh in on the fate of every ...

In the case of grassland birds, including those in Illinois, the news isn’t good. The study says birds that need grassland habitat are in crisis. One measure the study looked at was “tipping point” ...