Hot spots, including the Straits of Mackinac and Whitefish Point, where these birds fly in droves are home to “hawk watches:” ...

Bird the Harris Hawk took to the skies just when Candida Meyrick needed grounding.

Bird watchers aim their binoculars to follow the migration of hawks over Hawk Ridge. The observatory is hosting its annual Hawk Weekend Sept. 15-17 that will attract thousands of birdwatchers as the ...

DULUTH — “It’s a magical world back here,” Margie Menzies said on a chilly morning in early September. Like most days, Menzies, the education director for the Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory, has been ...

DULUTH, Minn. — Minnesota is home to one of the world's premier bird observation sites. This time of year, the airspace above Hawk Ridge on the western edge of Lake Superior draws tens of thousands of ...

Laura Noe was starting her morning as she often does, watching the sparrows, doves and cardinals who come to the bird feeder she keeps in her Jefferson Park backyard, when she sensed a sudden change. ...

DULUTH, Minn. - One-hundred people gathered in a loose assemblage Sept. 25 at the top of a grand overlook along the western edge of Lake Superior. That is to say, they came independently but for the ...

Friends with bird feeders have told me that they’ve sometimes seen a hawk diving past their window toward their bird feeder. “It’s usually a Cooper’s hawk at bird feeders, especially in winter,” said ...

Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory offers general education programs on weekends from Sept. 1 to Oct. 31, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. They loan out binoculars and have staff to help point out birds and identify ...