Jeff Reiter’s trip to the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival offered a chance to finally do some serious birding in Texas. Special birds were calling, some available nowhere else in the United States.

“The Case of the Missing Turkeys” continues as I have found that I was not imagining things and a flock of wild turkeys had been living in Wheaton but had mysteriously disappeared.

Birding columnist Jeff Reiter recaps recent rare bird sightings in Illinois and neighboring states, advises on best places to see spring migrations, and gives updates on bird conservation efforts and events.

Gull expert Amar Ayyash of Orland Park seeks to make gull identification less intimidating through his new guide covering North America's 36 species.

Birding columnist Jeff Reiter takes a look back at the year in birds: Conservation progress and remarkable sightings highlighted 2024.

Birds give us so much, enriching our lives almost every day when we take time to notice. This is my Thankful List, and just like any other list involving birds, it’s sure to grow.

DuPage County forest preserve leaders want to install solar panels in an area inside a former horse track that was part of the former estate of Dan and Ada Rice.

Birding columnist Jeff Reiter offers some tips for those who are new to the birdwatching hobby.

On a recent road trip, Daily Herald Words on Birds columnist Jeff Reiter enjoyed some time in Henderson, Kentucky, where John James Audubon once lived.

Words on Birds columnist Jeff Reiter recently retired from his day job and looks forward to traveling and new sightings of birds.