Oregonian

Planes at PDX ‘ingest’ birds into their engines every year. Massive efforts try to prevent that

When an Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency landing at Portland International Airport on Sunday — moments after it took off and struck a bird with one of its engines — the story made local and ...
ABC12

Allegiant flight bound for Flint hits bird, makes unplanned landing

CLEARWATER, Fla. (WJRT) - An Allegiant Air flight from Florida to Flint had to make an unplanned landing after hitting a bird shortly after takeoff. Allegiant flight 1536 departed St.
Park Rapids Enterprise

Blane Klemek Outdoors: The unique flight habits of the sharp-tailed grouse

Of all the species of gallinaceous birds that occur in Minnesota, only sharp-tailed grouse, also called "sharptails," and ...
Detroit Free Press

Millions of birds are taking flight over Michigan. How to track the fall migration

Millions of birds are flocking southward across Michigan each night amid their annual fall migration, and bird watchers can track their flight live. The BirdCast Migration Dashboard, a live migration ...
The New York Times

One Way the Earthbound Can Take Flight

Ms. Renkl, a contributing Opinion writer, reports from Nashville on flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South. Sept. 1 is the beginning of meteorological fall, but in Nashville you ...