I have a friend who measures outings in red-tailed hawks. “It was a five-hawk drive,” she’ll exclaim after visiting a bucolic setting. That’s an easy image to conjure: fierce hawks perched high on ...

I’ve been seeing more red-tailed hawks out and about these last days of autumn. While driving along a busy road, I’ve seen one soaring in the air spreading out its wide, rufous tail and broad wings.

Take a leisurely drive along U.S. Highway 6, following the Eagle River from Edwards to Eagle, and you’re likely to spot a famous, medium-sized, multi-colored raptor scanning the surrounding shrublands ...

A red-tailed hawk lifts off from a branch in search of food on Tuesday at Lighthouse Field State Beach. About these birds, the Cornell Lab’s All About Birds website says, “This is probably the most ...

The uplifted wing of a red-tailed hawk catches the late afternoon sunlight as the majestic bird lifts off from a tree along Empire Grade near the West Entrance to UC Santa Cruz. This hawk can be found ...

A New York State Department of Conservation Region 8 colleague regularly captured the most wonderful nature photographs. This time we are sharing a photo Russel captured of the Red-tailed hawk. Elena, ...

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- If you're driving through Southern Illinois and it seems as if there is a red-tailed hawk sitting in every tree and on nearly every fence post, you aren't imagining things.

It was a merciless fight, if the picture is any indication. A gray rat snake and a young red-tailed hawk were tangling, and a photo shared by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency shows the bird’s ...