The snow geese are coming soon to Middle Creek: Here’s how to see them

My family has been coming to Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area for decades to witness this natural wonder. It is a rite ...

Dapper little birds, undaunted by subzero winters

It was the third week in January, with the temperature gauge registering minus 17 degrees at 6 a.m. The sun wasn’t even up yet, but dozens of small birds were hopping on the snow beneath a backyard ...
Chicago Tribune

Outdoors column: Snow birds are harbingers of winter

Human snow birds, my friends from Lake Villa included, are off to Florida, but avian snow birds are right here in northern Illinois. They’ll be with us until at least early April, if not longer. They ...
Popular Science

Snowed in? Watch albatrosses nest on a sunny Pacific island instead

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. While winter is raging in an unusually large swath of the United ...
Post Independent Citizen Telegram

Colorado’s winter birds are ‘extraordinary survivors’ that grow ‘snowshoes,’ build snow caves and stash thousands of seeds

Winters in the Colorado Rocky Mountains can be long and formidable. Before the snow flies, thousands of birds migrate each fall to escape the cold. Mary Harris, the chair of the Roaring Fork Audubon, ...