Use expert tips and a helpful chart to improve your hawk identification skills. Plus, learn about the common types of hawks ...

Remember how the broad-winged hawk is the smallest Buteo hawk? Well, the sharp-shinned hawk is the smallest hawk overall! At their largest, they weigh less than 8 ounces. That’s around the same ...

Some hawk species hunt other birds and will visit feeders in winter, hoping to catch a tasty meal. One is the sharp-shinned hawk, our smallest accipiter. Raptors in this genus have short, broad wings ...

Sharp-shinned hawk is smaller and has a square tail. Widespread through United States and southern Canada, more commonly seen in suburbs, probably due to reforestation in the East. Breeding ...

Only three sharp-shinned hawks have been counted in the last 10 Christmas Bird Counts. This year’s bird was seen hunting songbirds at a feeder in the West Goldstream area. Northern shrikes are ...

Destinations like the Camargue, the Galapagos Islands, Hawaii, Kruger National Park, and Everglades National Park serve as ...

Driving on Vermont’s interstate highways in winter, I often notice large hawks perched in trees on woodland edges at regular ...