Prefer hawks and sparrows to songbirds? October is your month for bird watching. While songbird migrations end in September, October is the peak migration month for hawks and sparrows, said College of ...

The red-tailed hawks have lived and hunted my meadows for many years, occasionally letting out a loud, long scream as they lumber slowly away when their domain is entered. They often own the tall, old ...

We all know that nature is not very pretty sometimes. Predation, for example, when viewed out of context, can seem quite a brutal affair. And yet, without one creature eating another, we’d have no ...

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 ...

Q: I saw what I think was a Cooper's hawk carrying twigs by its feet in early April. We live in a residential area, so they couldn't be building a nest around here, could they? A: Yes, a pair of ...

Spring is the most popular season for birding, with many rare species being reported in Texas. Late February to early May is the most popular time of year for birding, with peak migration occurring ...