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

Both the sharp-shinned and the Cooper’s hawk are common in and around Santa Fe, but it can be difficult to tell them apart. The biggest difference between them is size. Cooper’s hawks are about 15 ...

Fast, focused and fierce, the Cooper's hawk is built for the chase. Learn what a Cooper's hawk looks like and sounds like and ...

"What kind of hawk is this that's eating my birds?" That's a recent question from a reader. And it's not uncommon. Sometimes readers attach phone picturs of the predatory birds. These hawks are ...

Also persisting throughout the month is the south-bound migration. Shifting from the flitting of various warblers or the insect-eating swallows and flycatchers from early in the month, the songbird ...

One late winter day, I heard our dog barking fiercely from the yard. I went outside to find him standing about 6 feet away from a hawk that was on the ground beside our house. I grabbed the dog’s ...

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 ...

So you are watching the bird feeders, and all of a sudden everything goes quiet. The birds have disappeared. What happened? Well, if it’s not your neighbor’s cat strolling through the yard, chances ...