Cooper’s and sharp-shinned hawks have been arriving here since mid-August to spend the winter, and their numbers will increase by November. Readers have been sending photographs of these hawks in ...

"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 ...

Bill Haley knows his hawks. Each fall, for the past 29 years, he makes daily trips to the Soddy Mountain Hawk Watch observatory to count birds. "You bring a chair, you sit and wait. It's kind of like ...

One of the smallest raptors, the sharp-shinned hawk is a highly skilled predator that can be seen terrorizing sparrows and other small birds throughout the Helena Valley. With a wingspan that averages ...