We’ve reached that time of the year when winter is starting to flex her muscles. The leaves are off the trees, snow has already been seen, the morning temperatures are frequently below freezing, and ...

The Condor, Vol. 116, No. 2 (May 2014), pp. 226-241 (16 pages) ABSTRACT Bird populations are influenced by many environmental factors at both large and small scales. Our study evaluated the influences ...

Sometimes called a Marsh Hawk, the northern harrier is currently one the rarest birds of prey nesting in the Granite State. Unlike many of our more common hawks, harriers shun the forest, opting ...

While most hawks soar overhead while hunting, look low for the northern harrier. Sometimes they will soar overhead, but their preferred foraging style is a low patrol. They will glide along, possibly ...

A filmmaker has captured rare footage showing a short-eared owl ambushing a northern harrier and clobbering the hawk with a perfectly executed front kick. Freddy Moyano was afield late Tuesday in East ...

Due to the relatively late start of the past few winters in Western New York, we have been periodically blessed by decent numbers of northern harriers, birds that were once ...

Claim to fame: Many people know a harrier is a military jet that has the ability to take off vertically and hover, but they may not realize this unique aircraft is named after a bird — a bird that can ...

An unusual bird that's new to the Ojai Raptor Center will meet the public for the first time Sunday as the center holds an open house — one of the two each year that are the only times nature ...

Various Areas in Exeter, New Hampshire: Red-shouldered Hawk, Morning Dove, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Blue Jay, Black-capped Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Red-breasted ...

The study, published as the cover article in BioMed Central's Avian Research, led by the Earlham Institute and the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California, explores the ...

Cindy Hamilton photographed a northern harrier that was being harassed by American crows at Pleasure House Point in Virginia Beach. “I watched the chase for several minutes,” wrote Hamilton. “After ...