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 ...

High in the bare branches of a tree at the edge of my meadow, a female pine warbler paused just long enough for me to take her picture. / PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON Sign up for the Gazette's morning ...

The Kirtland's warbler, a colorful songbird that mostly resides in Michigan, is facing a decline in population, a bird count taken in June shows. In response to the circumstances, a team of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Kirtland's warblers, the once-endangered species that experienced a remarkable turnaround over the last 40 years, are declining again in population. There were 1,489 breeding pairs of the small ...

With the help of legislation recently introduced in the Michigan House, the Kirtland’s warbler could be named the next state bird after nearly reaching the brink of extinction decades earlier. Removed ...

Michigan's state bird is the American robin, but one lawmaker says it's time for a change. There is bipartisan support for the Kirtland's Warbler to represent the state. A far less divisive battle ...