In the fall of 2002 a young trumpeter swan and an adult swan, presumably its parent, were seen on the creek that serves as an outlet for Big Portage Lake east of Backus. Neither bird seemed injured; ...

Christmas Eve morning as I was trying to beat the last-minute rush to Walmart in Rexburg when I heard the unmistakable call ...

For the first time in the 64-year history of the local count, the common raven was observed during the Willmar Area Christmas Bird Count conducted on Dec. 20, 2025.

GOOSE LAKE, Iowa - A trumpeter swan, released into the wild as part of an initiative to reintroduce the bird to Iowa's landscape, is recovering from a wing amputation after she was shot. Authorities ...

The near-record-setting month of March brought an unexpected quick end to winter. A snowpack of nearly 2 feet rapidly shrunk right before our eyes as mild temperatures -- which mostly stayed above ...

Feb. 23—Even if you weren't looking for them, there is no way you could miss all the swans on The Flathead River, especially between Dixon and Paradise. Those white bodies stand out on the water as ...

In winter, about 10 phone calls a day come into the Audubon Center at the Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary, near Alton, from folks hoping to see swans. “Some days, it’s nonstop,” says the center’s ...

Gary Dalton, who lives near Placid Lake, releases a trumpeter swan cygnet into Jones Lake on the Rolling Stone Ranch near Ovando Thursday morning. Around 150 people from around the area came to watch ...

Iowa bird enthusiasts have had ample opportunity this winter to observe the state's largest and - many would say - most striking avian resident, the trumpeter swan. Once extirpated from Iowa, the ...

MANITOWOC - A successful midwinter rescue was accomplished from the icy waters of the Little Manitowoc River at Maritime Drive by the Rescue Division of the Manitowoc Fire Department. But this wasn’t ...