The discovery of nesting birds on the Hermosa Creek bridge north of Durango has postponed work on U.S. Highway 550. The American dipper nest is protected under the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

A woman visitor came running up to a park ranger and excitedly said, "Ranger, ranger, you have to do something! There is a little gray bird trying to commit suicide!" The ranger remained calm and ...

Lake County has paused a bridge replacement project to give a family of birds some peace and quiet. Eugene Beckes spotted the robin-size birds, a species called American dippers, last month near a ...

ST. IGNATIUS — Lake County has started to install a bridge alongside a federally-protected bird species’ nest. A short wooden bridge carries Mission Creek Road over a stream near the base of the ...

Dipper chicks are ready to fledge, but an unseasonal downpour transforms the benign river into a raging torrent. Their parents need to coax the chicks out of the nest as quickly as possible to get ...