Thousands of birds are expected to take to the skies in coming nights, triggering a migration alert in the Chicago area.

You can volunteer for Chicago River Day, try bird photography, go on a Frank Lloyd Wright-themed bike tour and more.

“If you go to a grassland in the Chicago area — if it’s big enough — you’re going to see those birds,” said Chicago Bird Alliance President Judy Pollock. “The whole area used to look like that so it’s ...

Spring migration has reached “high intensity” in Chicago, with more than a million birds on the move overhead nightly. (Patty Wetli / WTTW News) ...

However, regardless of your location, the other birds you commonly see first as winter fades away are tree swallows, red-winged blackbirds, and, for Eastern residents, the Eastern phoebe.

Feathered friends bring many benefits to our outdoor space, but the types of birds you might see in your backyard will depend on where you live. For example, perhaps you live in North America ...

Chris Young/AP Photo/The State Journal-Register Share Where I grew up in California, on quiet mornings, you could hear the birds before anything else — finches, warblers, sparrows. They made the ...

As spring weather sets in, fears of a bird flu pandemic have ... Joe’s on Diversey Parkway in Chicago, Jan. 28, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune) If you have flu symptoms — fever ...

We spoke to the RSPB, who run the annual Big Schools Birdwatch, to find out about some of the birds you and your children might see in your garden, local park or school playground, how these bird ...