Blake Bird News Today

The work of Green Lake painter and illustrator Thomas Schultz, a well known local bird artist and professional illustrator, will be featured throughout the month of April in the Town

Those who have the idea that birdwatching and birdwatchers are only nerdy types like Jane Hathaway from Beverly Hillbillies might want to reconsider their opinion.

A body has been discovered in Lady Bird Lake where at least five other people have been found dead in the Austin, Texas, lake in the last year.

The 74 churches seeking disaffiliation represent 12% of the total membership of the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church.

Kris Bryant hit a go-ahead homer in the sixth inning and had three RBIs against his former team, helping the Colorado Rockies beat the Chicago Cubs 6-4 on Tuesday night. Elías Díaz had three hits for Colorado, which denied the Cubs a chance to gain ground on Philadelphia in the NL wild card. “To do it against some old friends and make it a little bit harder for them, it feels great,” Bryant said.

Wilmer Flores drew a bases-loaded walk in the eighth from Evan Justice to bring home the go-ahead run after Mike Yastrzemski hit a tying RBI single that inning, and the Giants rallied twice to beat the Colorado Rockies 9-8 on Friday night and snap a six-game losing streak. Justice relieved Jake Bird (2-3) and hit Blake Sabol with a pitch to load the bases. After Luis Matos struck out looking, Flores worked the count full and Justice missed his spot — then did so again in walking LaMonte...

Pinch-hitter Alejandro Kirk’s three-run double keyed a five-run seventh inning and the Toronto Blue Jays hit three homers in a 13-9 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night. Danny Jansen, Brandon Belt and Ernie Clement went deep for the Blue Jays, who have won four of six to move within 1 1/2 games of slumping Texas for the final AL wild card. Jansen exited later with a broken finger.

What a difference pitching for a first-place team is making for Lance Lynn. The 36-year-old veteran won his third consecutive start with the surging Los Angeles Dodgers in a 6-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Friday night. Lynn was 6-9 with a 6.47 ERA in 21 starts for the Chicago White Sox, who are next-to-last in the AL Central, before being acquired shortly before the Aug. 1 trade deadline.

Nolan Jones hit a two-run homer, Alan Trejo had a double and three singles, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Washington Nationals 10-6 on Monday night. Karl Kauffman pitched four-plus innings of one-run relief for his first major league win as last-place Colorado (40-60) improved to 6-3 since the All-Star break. Kauffmann (1-3), called up earlier in the day from Triple-A Albuquerque, had a 10.19 ERA over five previous appearances — three of them starts.

After Colorado mounted a late comeback win against the Miami Marlins on Saturday, right-hander Justin Lawrence credited the success of the bullpen for helping the Rockies win five of seven games since the All-Star break. Lawrence worked a scoreless ninth inning for his seventh save and was part of a bullpen effort that helped the Rockies rally from an early three-run deficit to beat the Marlins 4-3, handing Miami its season-high eighth straight loss.