Learn how to know if you've seen a red-shouldered hawk. Find out what the birds look like, what they eat and where to find them.

Looks like: A medium-sized hawk with rounded, broad wings and a medium-length tail. Wings are dark brown-and-white checkered, chest is horizontally barred, rusty red near the neck and peachy near ...

Their prey species overlap, but the red-shouldered hawk consumes many frogs, snakes and other herptile creatures as well as mice, while the red-tailed hawk prefers small mammals. Even so, they can ...

Red-shouldered hawks have lived at Little Swamp Sanctuary in Midland County for over 35 years; they are considered threatened in Michigan ...

Normally when I go out to capture an animal in distress, I must rely on myself. Calls rarely come in when several people are available to help in the capture. One such case was years ago; I was ...

A new couple has moved into the neighborhood or should I say has 'flown" into town. "We call them Harry and Hilda Hawk," Dr. Andy Doerfler said. "It's a great thing when the patients look out the ...

Adult red-shouldered hawks are beautiful, colorful birds with dark-and-white checkered wings, reddish shoulders and a pale orange breast. Its tail is dark with narrow white bands.

Home of the Big Apple itself, you may not think of hawks when you think of New York. In fact, when you think of New York, the ...

Red-shouldered hawks have abandoned their historic nesting sites along the river’s main stem, said Jon “Hawk” Stravers of McGregor, who has studied the secretive raptors for the past four ...

Red-shouldered Hawks are smaller than Red-tailed Hawks, but they still have an impressive wingspan, reaching 50 inches or so. The red “shoulders” are more easily seen when they’re perched.

Below are photos of the skull, leg bones, and talons of a Red-shouldered Hawk. A friend found the dead bird several weeks ago. We went back to the site last week, finding bones and feathers. We ...