Held continually for the better part of the last 100 years, autumn migration hawk counts in the Lehigh Valley region record some eye-popping numbers of birds passing through the region. The counts are ...

Dan Casey, left, and Denny Olson, with the Flathead Audubon Society, scan the skies and ridgetops monitoring raptor migration at the Jewel Basin Hawk Watch on Tuesday, Sept. 16. (Casey Kreider/Daily ...

Now that it’s the middle of September yellow leaves are either on or falling off many different trees. Virginia creeper vines are getting redder and so are poison ivy vines. And wild sunflowers, ...

Researchers don’t often turn to the general public for help with scientific studies. However, for scientists seeking to better understand the dietary habits of two hawk species, involving citizen ...

We recently got a little snow, but where I live it wasn’t much. But weather-wise, it’s gotten cold, and it’s about to get a lot colder. And we’re finally to the point where even a pot of pansies on ...

MACKINAW CITY — The Mackinac Straits Raptor Watch has announced the start of its 2026 Spring Hawk Count, marking the beginning of the annual spring migration of raptors through the Straits of Mackinac ...

DULUTH — “It’s a magical world back here,” Margie Menzies said on a chilly morning in early September. Like most days, Menzies, the education director for the Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory, has been ...

Anyone who keeps a bird feeder has likely had the same uneasy thought after seeing a sudden blur of wings in the yard: What was that hawk doing here? A University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of ...