Birds

I've had people tell me that this story is impossible, yet I have proof and an eyewitness that it really happened. It's the strange but true story of a Missouri dog that went for quite a ride thanks to a very large owl.

If you need peace in your mind, let me offer you this. It's the quintessential nature being nature. Nothing more. Nothing less. It's a tranquil scene of 70,000 snow geese taking flight from a Missouri lake.

The Canadians are mad and they're not gonna take it anymore and they want everyone in Chicago to know it. That really happened (more or less) as a real group of "Canadians" (birds) seemed to stage an epic protest that stopped traffic in a Chicago street.

I want to be clear that I'm not a hummingbird expert. Far from it. However, I have family that love these birds so it's my assigned job to determine when we can expect them to return to Missouri and Illinois. Fortunately, I found a handy map to answer that burning hummingbird question.

Is there really a bird strong enough to pick up a child? Many believe that answer is yes and that it really happened in Illinois and they have video to prove it.

Authorities say that 300 birds just fell from the sky dead in southern Illinois and they think they know the culprit that's responsible.

The highly-contagious bird flu has been discovered in backyard chickens in two different Missouri counties recently according to the Missouri Department of Agriculture.

A worker in Burlington, Iowa had a dilemma a few days ago. A bird where they worked had somehow gotten trapped behind a window with no easy way out. The Good Samaritan took action so this problem ended up having a happy ending.

A funny thing happened the other day in a neighborhood in Illinois. You might want to sit down for this. An owl decided he wanted to be a cowboy and stole a horse broom. There's video showing what happened next.

It's not easy being a wedding photographer. This is the perfect example. While trying to capture that perfect moment for a Dubuque, Iowa couple, a bird decided to photobomb in the best possible way.