April is known for many happenings. It is the month of warming temperatures that lead to thawing. (With a deep snowpack, this could cause flooding.) But it also is the month when we see many migrant ...

I was out back early this morning, drinking coffee and recording the morning chorus of bird songs with Merlin, the Cornell Lab birding App. There is a feature in Merlin called Sound ID that listens to ...

Koni Sundquist of Duluth called Thursday to say she had heard her first white-throated sparrow call of the season. For many, that pure, high-pitched call -- "Old Sam Peabody, Peabody, Peabody" -- is ...

MILWAUKEE - One of Wisconsin's smallest and toughest birds just so happens to also be one of our first signs of spring. In January, a noticeable new sound can be heard across forests, neighborhoods ...

Searching for a sign that spring is really, truly on its way? Then keep an ear out for the distinctive call of the red-winged blackbird. This boisterous wetland dweller is one of the first migratory ...

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