DULUTH — The hawks, tens of thousands of them each autumn, have been flying over Hawk Ridge here for centuries, maybe millennia, but it wasn’t always safe passage. In the 1930s and '40s, and probably ...

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 ...

While I was at the Cape May Autumn Birding Festival, there was major chatter about a Swainson’s hawk spotted in the area, which excited all of us birders! But as I wondering how the heck people knew ...

Looking at our backyard bird feeding station on a sunny Saturday afternoon, there was not a bird in sight. What’s going on? It didn’t take me long to spot the issue. A sharp-shinned hawk was perched ...

What Does a Cooper’s Hawk Look Like? Adult male and female Cooper’s hawks have a bluish-gray back, blackish cap and white undersides crossed by horizontal reddish barring. The female averages almost ...

Yes, a number of hawks hunt and eat smaller birds, and the sight of them strikes terror in the hearts of our backyard birds. If you've ever watched a crowd of ...

DULUTH, Minn. - One-hundred people gathered in a loose assemblage Sept. 25 at the top of a grand overlook along the western edge of Lake Superior. That is to say, they came independently but for the ...

Friends with bird feeders have told me that they’ve sometimes seen a hawk diving past their window toward their bird feeder. “It’s usually a Cooper’s hawk at bird feeders, especially in winter,” said ...

HUNTERTOWN, Ind. (WANE) — From offering owls mealworms to cleaning cages, Friday started off as usual for the volunteers at Soarin’ Hawk Raptor Rehabilitation Center. Although Friday, Jan. 5 is ...

Although it may not seem like it, there are a lot of dangers up there in the sky for flying airplanes. These dangers tend to increase in number and intensity the closer the plane flies to the ground.