The red-tailed hawk, one of the most common hawk species across North America, tends to hunt small, lightweight prey like rabbits, rodents and snakes. Shanthanu Bhardwaj / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ferruginous hawks that spend their winters in California have been unexpectedly thriving. Yet, their numbers have been significantly declining in their preferred grassland habitats for over 20 years.

The changes could cause wider issues. Scientists make startling observation about behavior shifts in iconic hawk species: 'High risk' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Rufus has proven so effective in his role that officials had hoped he would pass on his sharp instincts to a successor ...

These hawks breed well north of our area. Their nests are stick built (where do they find sticks and old branches in the tundra?) on shelves of cliff, atop the cliff. Or the nest could be in a hollow ...

Eurasian species have been observed using vehicles as visual cover during hunting approaches. Cooper's hawks began to utilize cities as habitat in the 1970s, becoming highly successful winter ...