The “chicken hawk” of colonial America, this medium-sized accipiter is a common sight at home bird feeders across the country, swooping in to nab an unwary dove or jay. Females are larger and ...

When a red-tailed hawk ignores an offered meal, a variety of backyard scavengers — including blue jays, crows and even a ...

Genetically rare birds are starting to call Missouri home. Just months after a rare yellow Northern Cardinal was photographed in a St. Louis resident's backyard, homeowners in Wentzville ...

I regaled you with a story about a red-tailed hawk. This bird kept showing up in my yard and forlornly staring out across my ...