Birds

Two eaglets hatched right on time this past week at a nest monitored by the Raptor Resource Project near Decorah.

Every spring, nearly one million Sandhill Cranes pass through an 80-mile stretch of the Platte River in Nebraska on their northward migration.

Every spring, nearly a million sandhill cranes pass through an 80-mile stretch of the Platte River in Nebraska on their northward migration.

Host Charity Nebbe and wildlife biologist Jim Pease observe the prairie chicken mating dance and discuss the species' precarious situation in Iowa on this encore episode.

DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge didn’t see as many waterfowl fly through this year, but the dry conditions that are to blame could actually benefit birds in the future.

Urban ecology is the focus of this year's annual Errington Lecture at Iowa State University. Dr. Amanda Rodewald will present “A Bird’s Eye View: Understanding Predator Prey Interactions in the City” Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. on the ISU campus.

Will Bortz used writing to get through a rocky childhood, spending time in and out of the foster system. Experiences from that time inspired much of his latest collection of poetry, Many Small Hungerings.

Ranchers across the Midwest are battling black vultures, a federally protected bird that has a reputation for killing newborn livestock. While the birds play a major ecological role, their expanding population is becoming a big nuisance for producers.

The days may still be hot, but fall is just around the corner, and with it comes all kinds of migratory birds to watch this season.

The spring bird migration is well underway. Expert birders return to the show to discuss the species that are returning to Iowa and others that are passing through.