Stacker compiled a list of the most common birds seen near feeders in Minnesota using data from the Cornell Lab of ...

A migratory diver of the loon family, the common loon (Gavia immer) has been important to people living in the Great Lakes region for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. A migratory diver of the ...

A common eider bird has been spotted near Bemidji. The species visited Duluth in 2014, but it wasn’t previously in the state ...

Common Loons Prepare for Takeoff To heft their bodies into the air, loons need a long runway, much like an airplane getting ready for a flight. These loons require as much as 600 feet of open water ...

The national honor bestowed upon the official state bird of Minnesota earlier this month confirms what Minnesotans already know well — just how special the loon is. The common loon is known for its ...

As an indicator of overall ecosystem health, declining bird populations almost certainly point to similar losses of biodiversity across our native ecosystems. A new resource provides conservation ...

Alex Burchard found a common eider on Nov. 21 while birding Lake Bemidji. The bird consistently has been seen from the shores of Paul Bunyan State Park.

When T.S. Roberts wrote the last really big Minnesota bird book in 1932, “Birds of Minnesota,” ravens were dwindling, bald eagles were scarce and most everyone assumed the giant subspecies of resident ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. EMILY BRIGHT: That's what I heard first thing Sunday morning heading into the radio station before dawn, a cacophony of birds in my neighborhood. There are ...

MINNESOTA, USA — "Imagine now, a clear summer evening in the north woods. Above you, the bands of the Milky Way framed by the dark spindly boughs of spruce and fir. And cutting though the stillness ...