Mixing education and fun is a winning recipe when it comes to our activities. There's nothing like learning and laughing simultaneously. One of the most memorable experiences of this kind happened ...

The Swainson’s hawk is a raptor of the open fields and prairies of the central and western regions of the country and a rare visitor to New England. It is a member of the buteo family – large hawks ...

Hawks and falcons, distinct raptors, are often confused but differ significantly in eight key ways. These include variations in size, wing shape, head ...

You may have noticed that almost every species of passerine bird has a particular method of flying. Woodpeckers (including ...

Our bird feeders have been fairly active this winter. Throughout the day, there's normally a steady stream of titmice, chickadees, nuthatches and other common backyard birds. Several days before and ...

In a recent paper, a researcher noted a bird’s surprising urban adaptation: A young Cooper’s hawk used a pedestrian crossing signal to help it hunt more successfully in a busy neighborhood. Vladimir ...

Cooper’s hawks swoop through our suburban yard every month or so, making passes at our feeder birds. The hawk knows a good hunting opportunity when it sees one. A reader recently wrote to ask me what ...

The woman at the opposite end of the phone line was — well, she was hysterical. Absolutely enraged, and that’s putting it mildly. Whenever she’d pause to take a breath, I’d seize the opportunity to ...

This red-tailed hawk has been sitting in the trees around my yard for a week. Desperate for something to eat, I think the hawk is attracted to the movement of the small birds and the squirrels that ...

This month's bird forecast via Travis Audubon says be on the lookout for a large number of hawks and American Kestrels in the ...