When T.S. Roberts wrote the last really big Minnesota bird book in 1932, “Birds of Minnesota,” ravens were dwindling, bald eagles were scarce and most everyone assumed the giant subspecies of resident ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Possessing bird feathers could get a person cooped up in prison. The possession of feathers and other parts of native North ...

Minnesota’s state bird is everywhere: There are loons on license plates and library cards, at lottery counters, and now even on the official state seal. Fireplace mantels across the state sport carved ...

Minnesota chose the common loon as its state bird in 1961 because lawmakers and bird experts agreed that no other animal ...

Primarily used to procure and eat food, bills are also used to probe mud, peck wood, tear flesh, sift water, pry seeds, build ...

A pheasant hunter in southwestern Minnesota. The Minnesota DNR wants upland bird hunters — pheasant, grouse, woodcock and more — to write hunting diaries this fall and submit them to the agency to add ...