Bill Mueller has been the director of Wisconsin’s Western Great Lakes Bird and Bat Observatory since 2010. Photo by Anne Moretti
Subscribe today to BirdWatching magazine for tips, birding hot spots and much more brought right to you! This Saturday, April 7, marks the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy’s sixth … Read More “Nine former rail lines that are great for birding”
Since the 1960s, tens of thousands of birds living on the Great Lakes have died during periodic outbreaks of botulism. The outbreaks have only become … Read More “Lake Michigan waterfowl botulism deaths linked to warm waters, algae”
It has been an up-and-down year for the endangered Whooping Crane. Here’s a summary of recent news. More chicks: At Wood Buffalo National Park in … Read More “Whooping Crane numbers up, but concerns increase after hurricane”
The following information was part of our April 2017 feature article, “Build It and They Will Come,” which documents the efforts of citizen-scientists in Minnesota … Read More “Where to see and how to help Red-headed Woodpecker”
Community conservation and education organization Bird City Wisconsin recently reached a major milestone for the program with the recognition of its 100th (Osceola) and 101st … Read More “Bird City Wisconsin surpasses 100 recognized communities”
Mississippi Kite has been confirmed to be nesting in Wisconsin for the first time. The bird’s breeding range has been expanding slowly northward, and for … Read More “Mississippi Kite is now breeding in the Badger State”
Here’s a roundup of the latest bird news. In chronological order below are the 10 most important stories that we followed over the past two … Read More “Important bird news from the end of September”
The vast forests of the western Great Lakes region are important breeding grounds for a wide variety of bird species. According to a new report, … Read More “Bird populations steady in western Great Lakes forests”
Most of the students in Laurie Solchenberger’s fourth-grade class at Lincoln Elementary School in Madison do not come from families that bird. Most have not … Read More “Students use birds to connect to nature, excel in school”
