In an Autumn when bad news abounds for bird lovers, let us rejoice in the comeback of the sandhill crane, a good-news story if there ever was one. In the mid-1800s, when settlers began moving into Minnesota in large numbers, the large, gangly birds were reasonably...

The Tree Swallow with its snowy breast and iridescent green back feathers is one bird I welcome with joy each spring. This year I had for the first time in several years a pair of tree swallows nesting in my purple martin gourds in my yard. Several years back, there...