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 ...
A Cooper's Hawk in Action© J. S. Fisher/Shutterstock.com Researchers don’t often turn to the general public for help with scientific studies. However, for scientists seeking to better understand the ...
While I was at the Cape May Autumn Birding Festival, there was major chatter about a Swainson’s hawk spotted in the area, which excited all of us birders! But as I wondering how the heck people knew ...
Soarin’ Hawk Raptor Rehab’s mission has grown over the years since it was founded almost 30 years ago. What started as a way to rescue injured raptors has grown in both size and scope since its humble ...
With all the cold weather that we have had, birds are congregating at bird feeders in large numbers to feed. Unfortunately, such a collection of birds also brings predators to backyards. We have a ...
A neighbor had been hearing some strange sounds for more than a day; she was pretty sure they were bird calls and asked if I would come check it out. As I walked toward her house, I heard it, too, ...
Graduate students Huanglun Zhu and Kiran Weston set up a 3D printed model of a hawk wing for testing in the UC Davis wind tunnel. Based on motion capture imaging at Oxford University, the wind tunnel ...
Hawk Mountain will once again host the annual Birds & Brew on Saturday, Aug. 9 from 5 to 8 p.m., a lively late-summer evening held outdoors under the big tent and in the scenic outdoor amphitheater.