Morris Island in Chatham is seeing an uptick in hikers as the year gets off to a start. What rare visitor is drawing them?

He was looking at “a near fully leucistic red-tailed hawk.” Animals with leucism have reduced levels of melanin that often ...

Every birder knows it—hawks are some of the trickiest birds to identify. Sure, it's almost always obvious when you've seen a ...

Here’s how to identify a red-tailed hawk. If you’re unsure if you’re looking at a falcon, look for the LACK of fringed feathers at the edge of the wings on the hawk identification chart.

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – A red-tailed hawk was rescued after a Chicopee family found it in their backyard unable to fly.

A common hawk of wet ... reach the tip of the tail. Adult: brown above with lighter feather edges and some streaking on head. Rufous on the upperwing coverts gives the “red shoulders.” ...

It's an unusual family - a pair of bald eagles have taken a baby red-tailed hawk into their nest and raised it alongside their own three chicks. The eagles' nest is located at the Shoal Harbour ...