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, ...

On Nov. 2, I trapped a juvenile red-tailed hawk and began the process of training. He will likely be returned to the wild after a year or two of guaranteed food, health benefits, and company housing, ...

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 ...

I’ve been seeing more red-tailed hawks out and about these last days of autumn. While driving along a busy road, I’ve seen one soaring in the air spreading out its wide, rufous tail and broad wings.

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 ...

As one of the most common hawks in North Carolina, the red-tailed hawk can be spotted along roadsides and open fields, scanning for prey. See the video for interesting facts about hawks, including how ...

If there has been any theme to this winter it has been cold. For the first time in years, the temperatures have dropped below freezing and generally remained there for weeks on end. Back when I was a ...

Last week, I regaled you with a story about a red-tailed hawk that kept showing up, forlornly staring out across my backyard, hoping to find something to eat. At the time, the problem was ...