Birder

A Crystal Lake church agreed to remove rodent bait boxes from its property to help protect a family of great horned owls living nearby.

The snowy owl that captured McHenry's attention in December was underweight and starving when it was hit by a car and killed.

A juvenile snowy owl swooped into McHenry County, attracting crowds to a McHenry field over the weekend.

When you find yourself with seven orphaned chimney swift babies that you’ve raised from nestling size, you head to downtown Geneva for their release. Mark your calendars for the annual Chimney Swift Sits planned Sept. 10 and 16.

August is back-to-school month, a time when kids of all ages leave home, some for the very first time.

We’ll probably never know the twist of fate that brought the bird to that pond, but I do know the sight of it brought back fond memories of summers in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.