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On Monday, local falconer Francis Gray requested the public's assistance in trying to track down his beloved bird, a blonde-colored, female hawk. Gray explained that she had been lost, since ...
A new analysis of 50 years of scientific literature shows that the most visually appealing avians are the subject of ...
The northern mockingbird has done it again. Known for its ability to vocally mimic at least a dozen other species, the ...
Just days after a "very rare" Red-tailed hawk was blown away by strong winds in Centre County, the majestic bird has been reunited with its owner. On Monday, local falconer Francis Gray requested ...
I was hosing bird droppings—a staggeringly copious ... northern flickers, gray tree frogs, red-tailed hawks, killdeer and house finches rang out into the leaden sky—all from the clattering ...
National Go Birding Day is Saturday, April 26, and since it’s spring and birds ... legged hawks and hundreds of tundra swans. And sandhill cranes seem to be everywhere. Great gray owl ...
Sir Clement Higham appears to have been employed by the crown in Henry VIII's reign, but his rise to national prominence as a privy councillor came under Mary I A Tudor-era hawk identity ring ...
Delua, a gray gyr (pronounced jer), even uses ... While falconry (which also includes hawks, eagles, and other birds of prey) was largely the sport of kings in Europe, it was a critical tool ...
The ability to vanish in plain sight is this muffin-size, gray-backed shorebird’s primary defense against predators such as hawks and owls ... and crowded the birds’ habitat, as has ...
And that's all they really need.” The diverse raptors have diverse diets: gray hawks specialize in lizards and snakes, zone-tailed hawks in grasshoppers and small mammals, and Cooper’s hawks in other ...