With spring migration firmly in gear despite this week’s winter storm, the return of seasonal birds also could bring avian ...

Sooty grouse are very vocal at this time of year but are found at mid-elevations requiring a trip up a logging road. Listen ...

Big snowflakes were slowly drifting down. Some were the size of dimes and they were bouncing off the willows at the side of ...

The DNR says both tundra and trumpeter swans pass through the region as migratory species in route to Canada. Engelhardt noted the distinction: trumpeter swans are bigger and tundra swans ...

The red-winged blackbird, at home in cattail vegetation of Minnesota’s bountiful wetlands, lakes and rivers, is a welcome ...

Just down the road from the family cabin lies Sucker Creek where this weekend in the whipsaw of spring (or winter) weather congregated a mix of mallard ducks, Canada geese and trumpeter swans at the ...

A small flow that has had a big influence on the author’s angling and fishing memories is Sucker Creek on the south shore of ...

Gaylan’s special interest was the monitoring of trumpeter swans that were being reintroduced to the state of Iowa. Gaylan died from effects of post radiation treatment for cancer. She is survived by ...

Arriving alongside the swans this year was a group of bird enthusiasts and photographers, looking for the perfect shot.

Even some of the bigger lakes are showing the first signs of spring. A trip down to the shore reveals a narrow band of open ...