When the wood duck was declared Michigan's state duck last month, its welcoming party — a growing community of both beginner ...

With Whitmer’s signature on Thursday, the wood duck has been designated the official duck of the state of Michigan.

While watching hooded mergansers and mallards feeding on a canal near Rexburg on Tuesday evening, I counted 14 wood ducks flying in to join their feeding friends just before dark. The next morning, I ...

While looking for migrating birds along canals, rivers and ponds over the last couple of weeks, I have seen an increase in ...

April is a pivotal month for bluebirds, including the New York State Bluebird Society’s annual conference happening in Warsaw ...

The Fairfax County Park Authority plans to build a walking trail from the Martin Luther King Jr. Park’s parking lot to the Little Hunting Creek wetlands, park authority officials told a gathering on ...

It’s always a delight to spot a beautiful bird building its nest in the backyard, bringing a little piece of nature right to ...

Birdwatching is a fantastic way to enjoy nature. It has been a favorite recreation activity and hobby for a lifetime.

During this time, the kids are out hunting for Easter eggs and collecting prizes and sweet surprises for successfully finding ...

Spring is officially here, according to the calendar. While the weather in Southwest Ohio will do what it does, meaning whatever it wants, the changes outside are going to progress rapidly.

The center's raptor program director, Lindsay Focht, worked over recent years with Bill Stout, a raptor expert from Ashippun, ...

This year, the official arrival of spring seemed to coincide nicely with the disappearance of the ice from many of our local lakes and ponds. Last weekend, while collecting ambient nature sounds for ...