When sighting one or more of these swift and agile raptors in our yard became a near-daily event last week, I began to contemplate penning this month’s column about them. Then one morning brought a ...

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 ...

During the fall hunting season, Al Jordan is out nearly every day -- looking for squirrels, rabbits, ducks, wild turkey, mink and other small game. But he doesn't carry a gun or a bow. Jordan, of ...

SOMERVILLE - A large brown bird was spotted in Somerville on Tuesday carrying a dead squirrel. Several passers-by remarked that the bird looked like a young bald eagle, but, in fact, the animal was a ...

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — With his auburn feathers, white tail and three-foot wingspan, Remmy, a Harris’s hawk, makes for an impressive — and incongruous — sight at an upscale outdoor shopping mall ...

A hawk in New Jersey has been seen using a clever, urban hunting strategy: taking sound cues from traffic signals to exploit cars for cover, before striking prey. The hawk first crossed paths with ...