I eye the tree through my spotting scope. Due to the dense foliage, discerning if a raptor nest is in the cottonwood tree is ...

Other birds associated with, but not totally dependent on sagebrush, are the vesper sparrow, horned lark, Western meadowlark, lark sparrow, loggerhead shrike, ferruginous hawks, burrowing owls ...

The conservation organization, perched in woods above the Missouri River in Bellevue and Omaha, is acquiring Raptor Recovery Nebraska, an organization that cares for injured and orphaned predatory ...

These impressive raptors possess vision estimated to be 8 times sharper than human eyesight, allowing them to detect the subtle movements of small mammals from extraordinary heights. Ferruginous Hawks ...

These impressive raptors possess vision estimated to be 8 times sharper than human eyesight, allowing them to detect the subtle movements of small mammals from extraordinary heights. Ferruginous Hawks ...

The fish hawks have become plentiful and easy to find perched atop their giant stick piles near their hunting grounds. A recent slow news day seemed the perfect time for a morning osprey search.

A ferruginous hawk at a nesting platform east of Stavely, Ab., on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. First meadowlark of the year east ...

A ferruginous hawk at a nesting platform east of Stavely, Ab., on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. Mike Drew/Postmedia But there was a truly nice surprise just up the road.

The Carrizo Plain was just starting to thaw out, and I could see sunlight glistening within the eye of the majestic ferruginous hawk through my 600mm lens. Even though it was just warming up, perched ...

Symbolically, hawks represent aggression while doves represent peace. I saw why recently, when a Cooper’s hawk flew in and caught a mourning dove in my front yard. A Cooper’s hawk is an accipiter.

Ferruginous, red-tailed and rough-legged vary in color from light to dark morphs with some almost totally black. So, if I miss identify any of the raptors in photos, please let me know.