As the atmospheric river brings storms into southeastern Idaho into the New Year’s Day dumping several inches of snow, I waited until mid-morning before heading out in the heavy falling snow. I ...

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.

along with the red-tailed hawk, the sharp-shinned hawk, and Cooper’s hawk. However, unlike many of these other types of hawks, you won’t find the red-shouldered hawk thriving just anywhere in ...

Another, led by Erickson, is looking at a disease called capillaria in sharp-shinned hawks. The disease was first detected in the species in 2016 at Braddock Bay Raptor Research in New York.

Winter’s season has pounced upon us, reminding us of who is in charge of the weather. Mother Nature has transformed the landscape into a bright white layer of the new snowflake dominated moisture. It ...

One afternoon, a hawk swooped down, killed one of her snowbirds and tore it to pieces right in front of her. The raptor was probably a sharp-shinned or Cooper’s hawk. I know how swift and deadly ...

Last week a sharp-shinned hawk, which I have named “Sharpie,” made a visit to my backyard. Why, you ask? I think it was looking for an easy meal. The weather was stormy, and a big snow was imminent.

19.62 x 14.75 in. (49.8 x 37.5 cm.) ...

I have a bird in my backyard that has a long curved bill and starts at to bottom of the tree and probes in the rough bark ...

The 2024 Delta Marsh/Portage Plains Christmas Bird Count (CBC) celebrated its 50th anniversary on December 28, making it one ...

Both Cooper’s and sharp-shinned hawks have provided short looks in the Marquette area recently. The former was at Presque Isle, the latter on the Chocolay River in Harvey. Just so many ways to ...

The property features steep slopes down to the creek, providing climax forest habitat for species of concern such as the red-shouldered hawk, timber rattlesnake, wild brook and brown trout, western ...