The adult female red-shouldered hawk perches near her nest. While red-shoulders don’t generally have huge territories, this bird probably ranges as far as the nearby Olentangy River.

The red-tailed hawk is a beautiful soaring bird that takes to the air with wide wings and tail and will circle overhead in easy view of the observer. When turning away, they may show a flash of ...

Adult red-shouldered hawks are beautiful, colorful birds with dark-and-white checkered wings, reddish shoulders and a pale orange breast. Its tail is dark with narrow white bands.

Gabby Hrycyshyn, volunteer coordinator at The Raptor Conservancy of Virginia, prepares to release an adult red-shouldered hawk that spent three months in recovery and rehabilitation, back into the ...