Georgia is home to a variety of diverse wildlife, whether you’re looking at the native flora and fauna or visiting some of the zoos and aquariums. There are also several different types of hawks in ...

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 ...

Red-shouldered hawks are gorgeous medium-sized, solid birds, smaller than a red-tailed but bigger than a broad-winged hawk. They are colorful, with dark-and-white checkered wings, warm reddish ...

An adult red-shouldered hawk has some differences when compared to the red-tailed hawk. Red-shouldered hawks have a black and white-striped tail while red-tailed hawks have rusty red tails.

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.

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.

Although red-shouldered hawks soar, they are prone to hunting from a perch in wooded sites. When prey is spotted, the hawk rockets down and snatches its victim.

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 ...

Last spring, a pair of red-shouldered hawks raised two young in a nest around 50 feet above the ground in a cedar elm tree on our place. The tree was near a trail through our woods, and I often ...