"Some birds, like the dark-eyed junco, are only found here in winter," Buckardt Thomas explained. "Others, like snowy owls, are more likely to appear in Iowa during this time." Open water is a ...

The return of warmer weather brings the return of Iowa's bird population as millions of feathered friends fly north for spring. In particular, hummingbirds will make their way back to Iowa in the ...

Iowa’s current 70-plus day long pheasant season, opening on the last Saturday in October through Jan.10 each year, is a long ...

The bird flu has been detected in a commercial flock in Buena Vista County, the state announced Friday. This is the sixth detection in Iowa this year. Around 400,000 pullet birds, or young ...