While I was at the Cape May Autumn Birding Festival, there was major chatter about a Swainson’s hawk spotted in the area, which excited all of us birders! But as I wondering how the heck people knew ...

Both are common hunters locally. Both are members of the buteo family, the term used to describe hawks with broad wings built for soaring. They look different, certainly, if you can get a close enough ...

PROVIDENCE – If you’re into birds and you’ve heard about a new effort to rename species now named after historical figures, the good news is that you’ll have to learn new names for only two birds that ...

DULUTH — “It’s a magical world back here,” Margie Menzies said on a chilly morning in early September. Like most days, Menzies, the education director for the Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory, has been ...

Bird watchers aim their binoculars to follow the migration of hawks over Hawk Ridge. The observatory is hosting its annual Hawk Weekend Sept. 15-17 that will attract thousands of birdwatchers as the ...

The flight identification of raptors : from the shotgun to the sublime -- Buteos that migrate : the wind masters -- Accipiters : the artful dodgers -- Falcons : birds that measure distance by the ...

Today we meet the gray hawk, a pretty bird of prey from the northern parts of Costa Rica with a nearly identical twin flying around the southern parts of the country. These birds enjoy eating animals ...