New research has found that hawks hunting swarming bats steer towards a fixed point in the swarm rather than targeting any one individual. Swarms of bats, flocks of birds, or shoals of fish, may not ...
Richard Shores doesn’t like to walk away from the birds, glossy and alert, perched on his front lawn. Lagertha, a Harris hawk with a strong grip, keeps an eye on Shores’ dog, Bella. Bruno, a ...
A hawk in New Jersey has been seen using a clever, urban hunting strategy: taking sound cues from traffic signals to exploit cars for cover, before striking prey. The hawk first crossed paths with ...
SUFFERN, New York (WABC) -- Hunting, Fishing, Birds of Prey? You get a little bit of everything at the the Progressive Insurance World Fishing & Outdoor Expo. The expo is celebrating 42 years as the ...
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How to Identify a Cooper’s Hawk

Fast, focused and fierce, the Cooper's hawk is built for the chase. Learn what a Cooper's hawk looks like and sounds like and ...
Europe’s largest bat hunts and eats birds midair, finally solving a 25-year mystery about how these nocturnal predators ...
So you are watching the bird feeders, and all of a sudden everything goes quiet. The birds have disappeared. What happened? Well, if it’s not your neighbor’s cat strolling through the yard, chances ...
DEAR JOAN: The last week or so, a hawk has been hunting the squirrels in our backyard in Walnut Creek. The hawk stalks them, flushes them out of the bushes and attacks from low altitude, so far with ...
Owls, well adapted to hearing the exact location of prey, have something in common with an unrelated group of raptors -- harriers. A new study has found that harriers across the world are able to keep ...