The other day, I was doing a shorebird survey on the beach when I noticed something dark fly up from the passenger side of the truck. I was looking out the driver’s window focusing on the shorebirds ...

With a wingspan of 4 feet, the gyrfalcon (pronounced JER-falcon) is the largest falcon. Your best bet to see this giant raptor is a trip to Alaska or the Canadian tundra. Discover hawk identification ...

PROVIDENCE— Peregrine falcons are the fastest birds in the sky, able to dive at more than 200 mph to catch prey, striking ducks, pigeons and songbirds in midair like a feather-covered, heat-seeking ...

Quick Take Hunting in the Doyang Reservoir once eliminated 10% of the global Amur falcon population. Severe cyclones in ...

ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) — After rebounding in recent decades due to conservation efforts, the number of once-imperiled peregrine falcons in the U.S. has been dropping again in some places due to the bird ...

A pair of falcons and their young put on an aerial display for dozens of urban bird watchers in downtown Wilmington, Delaware. Bill Stewart of the Delaware Ornithological Society shows a young bird ...

The bat falcon has seemingly settled at the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge in Texas for the time being. Screengrab from Facebook post by Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge. A “beautiful” bird of ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Spring is the perfect season for bird watching, but only in Richmond can you watch as a pair of birds of prey lay eggs and raise their young in real-time with the Richmond ...

La JollaLa Jolla — If you ever dreamed of flying like a bird over the San Diego County coastline, a tandem paragliding pilot at the Torrey Pines Gliderport can take you up for a ride. But there’s only ...

New Zealand ’s annual bird election is contested by cheeky parrots, sweet songbirds and cute, puffball robins. This year’s winner was a mysterious falcon that wouldn’t think twice about eating them.