Sure, it's almost always obvious when you've seen a hawk. But which hawk? Red-tailed hawks are widespread across most of the United States, so there's a good chance the big bird of prey you've ...

The red-tailed hawk is a beautiful soaring bird that takes to the air with wide wings and tail and will circle overhead in easy view of the observer. When turning away, they may show a flash of ...

The red-tailed Hawk is a well-known bird of prey and the most common of the nine species of hawks that frequent Colorado. As is true for many native North American bird species, climate change and ...

One hot day in early June, a red-tailed hawk chick perched on ... now that the juveniles from the other two SU hawk nests are expanding their range into SU-Sue and Otto’s old hunting grounds.

As it turns out, the tannish-white bird wasn’t an eagle — it was a leucistic red-tailed hawk, which means its plumage lacks melanin and pigmentation to provide color in its feathers.

Some believe that a sickly red-tailed hawk found in New York City was the same bird that stole the national spotlight in 2004. Others disagree. By Dodai Stewart Pale Male, a red-tailed hawk who ...

Angel, the red-tailed hawk, is leucistic, similar to being albino. While an albino animal loses all of its pigmentation, a leucistic animal only loses part; both conditions, scientists say, can lower ...