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 squirrel?

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Sometimes bad things happen after a young bird leaves its nest. Sometimes, though, there can be a happy ending when humans intervene. That was the case when a young red-tailed hawk, ...

Every birder knows it—hawks are some of the trickiest birds to identify. Sure, it’s almost always obvious when you’ve seen a hawk. But which hawk? Red-tailed hawks are widespread across most of the ...

Soren, one of the Audubon Community Nature Center’s ambassador red-tailed hawks, is pictured. Red-tailed Hawks are one of the most common and widespread raptors of North America, but they are also ...

The red-tailed hawk is easily the most common raptor in this part of the world, and it is most conspicuous in late August, as young-of-the year come out of the nests and perch on utility poles across ...

How to identify: Red-tailed hawks are large hawks with typical buteo proportions: very broad, rounded wings and a short, wide tail. Large females seen from a distance might fool you into thinking ...