The new book "The Breeding Birds of Minnesota" is the first comprehensive guide to the state's 250 species since the 1930s. In 1932, when T.S. Roberts published the first guide to all the birds known ...

Northland birding guide Judd Brink, in center standing on the grass, uses binoculars to watch an uncommon northern hawk owl in the Sax-Zim Bog north of Duluth on Monday as two of his birding clients ...

If you love seeing a wide variety of birds in some of the country’s most amazing environments, make sure you add birdwatching ...

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. MinnPost’s journalists are ...

Minnesota chose the common loon as its state bird in 1961 because lawmakers and bird experts agreed that no other animal captured the state’s wild, lake-centered identity as clearly as this sleek, red ...

Nearly half of North America's birds are at risk of disappearing. But in one Minnesota town, artists are painting a different picture. In the heart of Hopkins, vibrant feathers and bold colors fill ...