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 ...

A northern harrier glides above an artichoke field by Highway 1 near Wilder Ranch in Santa Cruz. The northern harrier, also known as the marsh hawk or ring-tailed hawk, is a bird of prey that is ...

Jan. 14, 2026 Updated Wed., Jan. 14, 2026 at 7:24 p.m. A northern harrier, also known as the marsh hawk or ring-tailed hawk, flies over the Saltese Flats Wetland Area on Jan. 8 in this photo from ...

Every birder knows it—hawks are some of the trickiest birds to identify. Sure, it’s almost always obvious when you’ve seen a hawk. But which hawk? Red-tailed hawks are widespread across most of the ...

Red-tailed hawks are a favorite bird for many people and can easily be seen along our roadways and even along expressways. When perched, they can often be seen from a long distance if they are ...

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 ...

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.

With around 2.5 million of them flying around North America, scientists know a lot about red-tailed hawks.But Angel, a red-tailed hawk in Knoxville, Tennessee, is getting the attention of scientists — ...