While several hawk species migrate, the red-tailed hawk stays around all year and is the most common one seen. They prefer to ...

Take a leisurely drive along U.S. Highway 6, following the Eagle River from Edwards to Eagle, and you’re likely to spot a famous, medium-sized, multi-colored raptor scanning the surrounding shrublands ...

How much weight can a hawk carry? The answer varies depending on the type of hawk. Though North America boasts approximately 18 distinct hawk species, we focus on the magnificent red-tailed hawk. As ...

Around 12:51 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, about 10 people paused their walks and took photos of the red-tailed hawk.

I have a friend who measures outings in red-tailed hawks. “It was a five-hawk drive,” she’ll exclaim after visiting a bucolic setting. That’s an easy image to conjure: fierce hawks perched high on ...

A young red-tailed hawk was released on Sunday back into its territory on Syracuse University’s campus. On July 21, two passersby, Anthony and Mary, found the hawk sitting on a concrete stoop in ...

A New York State Department of Conservation Region 8 colleague regularly captured the most wonderful nature photographs. This time we are sharing a photo Russel captured of the Red-tailed hawk. Elena, ...

One hot day in early June, a red-tailed hawk chick perched on the second-floor gutter of a Syracuse University sorority house, whistling plaintively for its parents. The chick had fledged the previous ...

[Editor’s note: This essay first appeared in the “Chapters of Our Lives” issue of PREMIUM Magazine, which featured personal storytelling.] Nestled on my porch, a cup of coffee in one hand and ...

One of the common birds to see in the Columbia Basin is the Red Tailed Hawk, often spotted gliding above grassy areas looking for prey.

Every birder knows it—hawks are some of the trickiest birds to identify. Sure, it's almost always obvious when you've seen a hawk. But which hawk? Red-tailed hawks are widespread across most of the ...