Near the end of May and into early June, bird migration wanes out. The remaining birds make up Iowa's breeding species. There are more than 200 documented bird species that have nested in our state, ...

There was a fight taking place on my platform bird feeder. A big stranger, a Harris’ Sparrow, had flown in and two male house sparrows were trying to drive him away. The two smaller sparrows pecked at ...

Bird flu hits an operation in north central Iowa with 18,000 turkeys. It's the ninth outbreak in the state this year.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources confirmed Thursday that Canada geese at two southern Iowa lakes tested positive for ...

The house sparrow's Latin name is Passer domesticus. Passer is Latin for sparrow. Domesticus is you in your house and yard — domesticated. If you can't find people at a particular location you're ...

Bird flu has been confirmed in Canada geese at Green Valley Lake and at Lake of Three Fires, according to the Iowa DNR.

Iowa DNR State Veterinarian Rachel Ruden says the cold weather freezing up waterways likely led to the deaths of Canada geese in southwest Iowa from avian influenza.

Bird flu kills dozens of Canada geese in southwest Iowa's first large die-off, and DNR asks residents to monitor, report.

The DNR had the deceased birds tested at Iowa State University’s Veterinary Diagnostic Lab. Results came back Wednesday ...