While I was at the Cape May Autumn Birding Festival, there was major chatter about a Swainson’s hawk spotted in the area, which excited all of us birders! But as I wondering how the heck people knew ...

Standing at the window watching the weather can become a consuming activity. Even if the weather seems changeless, something will come into view. While so engaged one day last week, a large bird swept ...

The broad-winged hawk is among the many species of hawks that will be migrating through Maine in the coming weeks. (Courtesy of Bob Duchesne) Let’s review. We’ll be seeing a wave of hawks migrating ...

Let’s review. Right about now, peak hawk migration is underway. Do you remember what I told you last year? Identifying hawks at a distance is hard, except that it isn’t. Knowing just a few tricks and ...

Bill Haley knows his hawks. Each fall, for the past 29 years, he makes daily trips to the Soddy Mountain Hawk Watch observatory to count birds. "You bring a chair, you sit and wait. It's kind of like ...

GREENWICH — Birders celebrated the start of hawk migration season with the Hawk Watch Kickoff and Raptor ID Workshop at Audubon Greenwich on Sunday. Audubon naturalist Ryan MacLean helped birders ...