DULUTH — “It’s a magical world back here,” Margie Menzies said on a chilly morning in early September. Like most days, Menzies, the education director for the Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory, has been ...

DULUTH — Bird counters at Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve tallied a whopping 14,054 blue jays flying over Sept 10, and the total count so far this autumn is 75,869 — a new record. The 2023 fall count has ...

On Veterans Day, I was sitting at my kitchen window with a delicious mug of freshly brewed coffee, a comfortable seat and freshly washed windows to look through. All I needed to do was wait and watch.

We always enjoy the many hungry birds that come in to the feeder in winter. Constant movement of small birds in and out of the platform feeders and suet stations offer intriguing scenes. It is ...

A Cooper's Hawk in Action© J. S. Fisher/Shutterstock.com Researchers don’t often turn to the general public for help with scientific studies. However, for scientists seeking to better understand the ...

So you are watching the bird feeders, and all of a sudden everything goes quiet. The birds have disappeared. What happened? Well, if it’s not your neighbor’s cat strolling through the yard, chances ...