Maybe it's a little early in the year to be listening for singing horned larks, but not by much. Horned larks are the first harbingers of spring, often arriving in the Red River Valley by mid-February ...

We all have our favorites in the animal kingdom. I can, for example, imagine no more attractive non-human mammal than a flying squirrel. Birders, too, have their favorites. Some prefer colorful birds ...

The bird world made a pretty dramatic swing from winter toward spring this week, but you had to be in the right place to see it. The change took place along roadsides throughout the Red River Valley.

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. Halloween is long past, but you may notice devilish figures hanging out in scrubby fields and open areas this winter: horned larks. These birds are ...