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 ...

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.

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 ...

Mercersburg, Pa. — A Pennsylvania game warden who helped to save an injured bald eagle found coated in oil actually found another bird with a rare condition. As it turns out, the tannish-white bird ...

Red Tailed Hawks are native to most of North America and are known for the brick color of their tails. Thank you Dennis Navarro of Springfield for sending in the photos.