This year, an unusual number of owls have been spotted in areas of Northern Minnesota as part of what is called an owl irruption. Owl irruptions are defined as any time when a larger-than-normal group ...

Over the weekend, hundreds of curious Chicagoans ventured to Lake Michigan beachfronts to witness a birding marvel: the early arrival of snowy owls. Two snowy owls have been spotted at Montrose Point ...

In North America when the leaves start to fall and the days get shorter, many birds head south for warmer weather. Only a small number of species stick it out for the winter. If you’re out in the ...

"The owl is truly a messenger, and in an irruption, the messenger comes to us", says wildlife photographer Paul Bannick. The first time most people hear the word, "irruption", they tend to conflate it ...

Birders rave about "irruption years," and this winter is one! An irruption occurs when cone crops across large swaths of Canada's boreal forests fail. Drought, fire, disease, spruce budworm outbreaks ...

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Pine grosbeaks are among the species migrating southward as part of this winter's finch irruption. They can be spotted searching for food in fruit trees during the winter. New England birders with a ...

DULUTH — In early January, Michaela Rice, a naturalist with the Minnesota Department of Resources, received a report of a dead owl along Highway 61. It was near Gooseberry Falls State Park along the ...

I don’t remember if or when the temperature where I live was ever minus 7 degrees, but that’s how cold it was one morning this past week. The rhododendron leaves were so curled up that they looked ...

Local birders Victor Dorer and Rick Forrest recently spent five hours trekking through the wintery cold at Stony Creek Metropark in search of a specific bird, called a Red Crossbill. Although the duo ...

Michiganders with backyard bird feeders may want to keep an eye out for some unexpected visitors in the weeks to come. A phenomenon known as an irruption is currently underway across eastern North ...

What’s with all the pine siskin birds lately? If you’re seeing huge numbers of these streaked finches at your thistle feeder, you’re not alone. Our region is experiencing what’s called an irruption of ...