A western red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis calurus), a subspecies of red-tailed hawk, photographed at Los Angeles Zoo in California. Photograph by Joel Sartore, National Geographic Photo Ark.

Habitat: The red-tailed hawk is a bird of open country. Look for it along fields and perched on telephones poles, fence posts, or trees standing alone or along edges of fields.

In Orange County, red-tailed hawks once seemed to be almost everywhere. They soared over the urban edge as well as rural communities; they seemed to thrive despite human presence. But raptor ...

This is a story of survival! It began on a Saturday, back on July 15, at 61st and Ward Parkway in KCMO. A family living at that corner discovered a large red-tailed hawk, injured on the sidewalk ...

On Nov. 2, I trapped a juvenile red-tailed hawk and began the process of training. He will likely be returned to the wild after a year or two of guaranteed food, health benefits, and company ...

A red-tailed hawk sits atop the flagpole at Santa Cruz High’s Memorial Field during a recent afternoon. According to Global Raptor Conservation’s hawkmountain.org website, “Although red ...

The red-tailed hawk that was wounded by an arrow in York County is back in its natural habitat Wednesday. Skip to content. NOWCAST WGAL News 8 at Noon. Watch on Demand ...