On his way to setting the Cook County record for spotting the most bird species in a year, one bird in particular eluded Tarik Shahzad. Every morning and every afternoon for a month last summer ...

The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank, in conjunction with San Juan Islands Audubon and Lopez and San Juan Island Libraries, invites nature enthusiasts, birdwatchers and families to join in The ...

Just two years after picking up bird-watching as a hobby, he set a Cook County record by spotting 294 species in a single year. Shahzad’s passion for bird-watching began in 2022 when he joined a ...

Avid bird-watcher Tarik Shahzad spotted a record number of bird species in Cook County in 2024. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Share Tarik Shahzad’s newfound passion led him to an ...

As this throwback winter plods on, with ice fishers on the ponds and ice floes on the bay, one of the most common questions us bird folks get is “how do birds survive these brutal temperatures?” ...

A subtype of bird flu caused by avian influenza A (H5) virus has been spreading worldwide in wild birds with a few outbreaks in poultry, dairy cows and other mammals across the United States ...

A three-day avian survey, organised by the South Wayanad and North Wayanad forest divisions and Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary in Kannur in association with the Hume Centre for Ecology and Wildlife ...

COOK COUNTY - The Thomas family, owners of the Kakadoodle farm in Matteson, suffered a devastating loss when avian bird flu wiped out their entire flock of 3,000 hens. The highly contagious virus ...

Cook Islands Police is short by about 40 staff and low remuneration rates are making it difficult to drum up new recruits. The starting salary is set at the minimum wage of NZ$9.50 an hour. Prime ...

A 57-year-old man, labelled a paedophile by his lawyer, has been sentenced to 13 years and three months imprisonment for 47 charges of sexual offence, rape being the lead offence. A 57-year-old man, ...

The Cook Out Clash’s Sunday night feature event will feature 23 drivers as NASCAR Cup Series racing returns to Bowman Gray Stadium for the first time since 1971. NASCAR released the format of the ...

Sky islands, isolated mountains surrounded by a "sea" of dramatically different lowland environments, serve as evolutionary stages for a spectacular diversity of bird species. These lofty oases ...