Use expert tips and a helpful chart to improve your hawk identification skills. Plus, learn about the common types of hawks ...

Driving on Vermont’s Interstate highways in winter, I often notice large hawks perched in trees on woodland edges at regular ...

Sharp-shinned hawk is smaller and has a square tail ... Breeding: nests in a variety of forest types, preying on small- to medium-size birds and small mammals, hunting from perches under the ...

Some hawk species hunt other birds and will visit feeders in winter, hoping to catch a tasty meal. One is the sharp-shinned hawk, our smallest accipiter. Raptors in this genus have short, broad wings ...

Often it is the common critters that go unnoticed or at least unappreciated. After all, when was the last time you noticed a house sparrow or pigeon? How about an eastern chipmunk or gray ...

During the month of October, migrating birds of prey, including sharp-shinned and broad-winged hawks, peregrine falcons and other raptors continue to be seen in great numbers as they travel down ...

This means that they like to frequent bird feeders where they can find a buffet of prey. No matter where they’re hunting, the sharp-shinned hawk is like the mountain lion of birds of prey.

On Tuesday alone, they counted a mix of nearly 4,000 birds of 42 species, including nearly 2,000 cedar waxwings, nearly 1,500 blue jays and 83 sharp-shinned hawks. Hawk Ridge Nature Reserve is the ...

Only three sharp-shinned hawks have been counted in the last 10 Christmas Bird Counts. This year’s bird was seen hunting songbirds at a feeder in the West Goldstream area. Northern shrikes are ...