Wildlife professionals and advocates are grappling with an avian influenza outbreak that seems to be growing more virulent ...

H5N1 bird flu — have been found along the shores of Lake Michigan in the Chicago area, prompting warnings from area health ...

The Chicago Bird Collision Monitors (CBCM), a volunteer conservation project dedicated to the protection of migratory birds, said in a post on its Facebook page Sunday that the bird flu outbreak ...

Tarik Shahzad logged 294 birds last year, a new record to Cook County, which is a hot spot for bird-watching in the Midwest.

Located along a longtime migratory path on Lake Michigan ... “I couldn’t have seen a fraction of my birds without the inclusive, growing Chicago birding community.” Where birding often ...

Tiny songbirds such as grosbeaks and warblers migrate thousands ... suggests that these birds aren’t completely on their own trying to find their way from Chicago to Argentina ...

Shahzad’s passion for bird-watching began in 2022 when he joined a field trip with the Chicago Ornithological Society to observe the fall migration. “It was absolutely spectacular. From that ...

Madigan said she talked to an artist who uses scrap metal to make sculptures of migratory birds, which were part of the scavenger hunt. She said that Porter could pursue some grant dollars for ...