On Veterans Day, I was sitting at my kitchen window with a delicious mug of freshly brewed coffee, a comfortable seat and freshly washed windows to look through. All I needed to do was wait and watch.

Watch your step but don’t forget to look up. I frequently point out, to both patrons and employees, the chimney swifts who ...

The sharp-shinned hawk, commonly called a sharpie, is a small hawk with a big attitude. About the size of a blue jay, it is the smallest hawk in North America. No matter. Sharpies use their short, ...

Learn what a Cooper's hawk looks like and sounds like, where to find one. Plus find out where this raptor prefers to nest.

It was your standard November morning. I had a cup of coffee. I was adding notes on temperature and precipitation into my journal and I was keeping track of the arrival times and numbers of different ...

The sharp-shinned hawk is a small, acrobatic flier that attacks its prey, usually songbirds, from low perches. Unsuspecting bluejays can end up as lunch, as these hawks will patrol bird feeding areas ...

Technically speaking, families of all animals are classified into sub-groups. Such a sub-group is called a genus. The accipiter is a genus of the hawk family comprised of three species. The smallest ...

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 ...

AS HAWKS migrate south to the tropics from September through November, they conserve energy by flapping their wings as little as possible. Instead, they glide on the wind. Local bird enthusiasts can ...

With their broad wingspans and sharp talons, hawks are some of the most regal birds in the skies. But beyond their powerful physical qualities, hawks hold deep spiritual meaning and symbolism in ...

A feather … slowly floating to earth … begins to tell the story. A “bushwhacker” has been at work at the backyard feeders, and now, perched on a limb in the ...