The red-tailed hawk is another one of the most common types of hawks in Virginia, if not the most common. They can be easily ...

Virginia State Police said one of their troopers rescued a red-tailed hawk along I-64 this week. On Tuesday, troopers got a call, saying the raptor had been caught in wires in Alleghany County.

"The hawk has recovered - and now has lots of attitudes," said Sabrina Garbin with the Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center. This red-tailed hawk is now back home and it's been a long journey back.

Virginia State Police said one of their troopers rescued a red-tailed hawk along I-64 this week. On Tuesday, troopers got a call, saying the raptor had been caught in wires in Alleghany County.

ROANOKE, Va. – The Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center has just announced it will be releasing a red-tailed hawk into the wild at the Roanoke River Greenway.

Smith admitted to investigators to “killing in excess of 20 juvenile and mature bald eagles and hawks, primarily red-shouldered and red-tailed,” and handed over his batch of poison to ...

As I got to the chick, it was on the grass and quiet. I picked it up to check for injury. The chick flapped both wings and ...

Red-tailed hawks use a more open area for hunting and typically nest on the edge of the woods, rather than deep in the forest as does the red-shouldered hawk.

Land-use changes are also responsible for changes to red-tailed hawks’ habits. According to a study by the University of Colorado, as humans develop more land, we inadvertently create more of the edge ...

Red-tailed hawks live in our region year-round, but the one I saw on a cold November day may have been a winter visitor that spent summer in Canada, then flew south to live in northern Illinois ...