Birds

The birds made their way from Houston’s coast this week — huddled together in cardboard boxes loaded in the back of an SUV.

This is the second recorded human case of bird flu in the U.S. “The risk to the general public is believed to be low," Texas health officials said.

With the help of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the Wildflower Center installed a camera to watch its annual visitor Athena nest and rear her young.

While still relatively uncommon, sightings of bald eagles have increased dramatically around Austin over the last 10 years.

For over a decade, the Ruiz Branch Library in East Austin has been visited by a group of American crows. Staff members think they're trying to make friends.

Travis Audubon is hosting Purple Martin Parties, where North America’s largest swallow treats the community to a spectacular show.

The severe winter weather that damaged trees earlier this year could have left less space for hawks to build nests.

Texas bird enthusiasts are reporting fewer birds even at their backyard feeders. It mirrors a trend of bird decline across the globe.

Local birders are recording the flight calls of the millions of birds that fly through the Houston area during spring migration.

State and federal agencies have confirmed Texas’ first case of a “highly pathogenic” avian influenza, but commercial egg and poultry operations have so far avoided outbreaks and widespread losses seen in other regions.