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 ...

Red-tailed hawks are a favorite bird for many people and can easily be seen along our roadways and even along expressways. When perched, they can often be seen from a long distance if they are ...

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.

A pair of red-tailed hawks has made a home above the WRAL Azalea Gardens, drawing a crowd with their spectacle of piercing hawk calls and perched in their nest high atop a tree. A pair of red-tailed ...

This adult red-tailed hawk is easily identified by its prominent red tail feathers. Immature red-tailed hawks do not have red tails. Credit: PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON— Editor’s note: This column was ...

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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, ...