As the atmospheric river brings storms into southeastern Idaho into the New Year’s Day dumping several inches of snow, I ...

It said, “Struggling to separate a sharp-shinned hawk from a Cooper’s? Amazed when a bald eagle is spotted high in the sky ...

Today, I’ll be talking about some of these most common neighborhood hawks — the red-tailed, Cooper’s and sharp-shinned hawks — with a closing glance at a few other local raptors.

Sharp-shinned hawk is smaller and has a square tail. Widespread through United States and southern Canada, more commonly seen in suburbs, probably due to reforestation in the East. Breeding ...