Cooper’s hawks swoop through our suburban yard every month or so, making passes at our feeder birds. The hawk knows a good hunting opportunity when it sees one. A reader recently wrote to ask me what ...

With all the cold weather that we have had, birds are congregating at bird feeders in large numbers to feed. Unfortunately, ...

"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 ...

As temperatures in the Valley reach record-breaking levels, it’s not just Arizona’s human residents who are affected. Cooper’s Hawks are leaving their overcrowded nests early to escape the heat, ...

Yes, a number of hawks hunt and eat smaller birds, and the sight of them strikes terror in the hearts of our backyard birds. If you've ever watched a crowd of ...

Just as the bird is above the clump, it drops. But before the quail can disappear into the tangle, in zooms the Cooper’s hawk. It turns upside down beneath the quail with its talons spread. The quail ...

PROVIDENCE – If you’re into birds and you’ve heard about a new effort to rename species now named after historical figures, the good news is that you’ll have to learn new names for only two birds that ...

AGAWAM, Mass. (WWLP) – A Cooper’s hawk was rescued in Agawam after being found unable to use its legs. The Massachusetts Environmental Police states that they were called on Monday, August 18th, for ...

You know it’s hot out when even the hawks are taking bird baths in backyard pools. The family of David McCumber, the Arizona Daily Star’s executive editor, had a surprise visitor Wednesday morning: a ...

The official English-language naming organization for birds in the U.S. is making a bold move to prevent potentially offensive bird names. It's renaming all birds currently named to honor people.

It was one of those October mornings that fills you with contentment. The sky was a clear blue, there was a slight fog hanging over the meadow, and every surface had been coated with a fresh layer of ...

"The Cooper's Hawk presents the general reader and professional biologists interested in birds and nature, with an authoritative account of the breeding biology of the what is perhaps the most ...