Biologist Bracken Brown couldn’t believe his eyes when he spotted the seemingly out-of-place bird soaring through the sky. “I always enjoy doing roost counts, watching a column of vultures catch ...

ANDOVER — Feathered friends spread their wings and perched in the limelight Saturday morning as folks got an up-close glimpse of three different raptors found in the skies above the Merrimack Valley.

Starting next month, migrating raptors of many different species will fill the air over the Straits of Mackinac. According to the Mackinac Straits Raptor Watch group, which conducts research on ...