Snow-covered gravel roads are often where flocks of birds, like the lapland longspur, can be found. These species are also only present in Iowa during the colder months. For birders who prefer to ...

This marks Iowa’s second detection of H5N1 HPAI within domestic birds in 2025. The first case of 2025 affected a multi-species backyard flock in Clinton County, Iowa, in eastern Iowa.