GRAYLING A hike through the jack pine forests around Grayling this time of year may offer a glimpse of an endangered Kirtland's warbler. And chances of spying the bird are greater than ever.

February 2024 was quite unusual in several ways. Much of the month gave us warm temperatures, some far beyond normal. These mild temperatures, frequently above freezing along with a very small amount ...

Conservation agencies and volunteers are out in jack pine forests in parts of the U.S. and Canada, searching for and counting a particular kind of bird, the Kirtland’s warbler. At 5:45 a.m. I met up ...

The decline is attributed to a lack of young jack pine forests, the bird's exclusive breeding habitat. The Michigan DNR and partners are implementing a 10-year plan to manage and create more suitable ...

GRAYLING, MI – Saving the Kirtland’s warbler from extinction is touted among the greatest conservation achievements in Michigan history. The migratory songbird was one of the first added to the ...

I try not to get jaded about my backyard birds, but sometimes I find myself thinking "just another cardinal" or "I’d love to see something more exotic." Most of us already have a spectacular array of ...

The breeding habitat of Kirtland's warblers is limited to young jack-pine forests in Michigan. The species nearly went extinct in the 1970s due to threatened habitat and nest parasitism, but ...

Punxsutawney Phil predicted an early spring this year. The longer days and warmer-than-normal February that we have been experiencing is likely bringing spring a bit earlier this year. and the birds ...

Since warblers are mainly insect eaters it may surprise you that Austin has several warbler species that migrate here just for the winter, when insect populations decline. The most common warbler we ...

There are two tent poles to the birding year in the southern Appalachians. One is hawk migration season, beginning in August as the first bald eagles wend their way south. The other starts now, as ...