Hawks are skilled predators with sharp eyesight, hooked beaks, and powerful talons built for grabbing prey. From treetops, fence posts, and open skies, they scan the ground for rodents, birds, ...
Anyone who keeps a bird feeder has likely had the same uneasy thought after seeing a sudden blur of wings in the yard: What was that hawk doing here? A University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of ...
Researchers at the University of Kentucky turned to the platform iNaturalist for data on two hawk species. They examined nearly 80,000 images of Cooper's hawks and sharp-shinned hawks submitted by ...
The red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is the most common hawk in the United States, with about three million breeding birds residing in North America today. They are also one of ...
Every autumn, the skies above a forested ridge in eastern Pennsylvania fill with movement. Eagles drift on rising air, ...
Researchers don’t often turn to the general public for help with scientific studies. However, for scientists seeking to better understand the dietary habits of two hawk species, involving citizen ...