In the first two weeks of January, von Arx Wildlife Hospital admitted 89 animals, including these three rare birds.

using its keen eyesight to locate birds flying below. When it finds its target, the falcon folds its wings and falls into a nose dive, or stoop, gaining speeds over 200 mph. The falcon closes its feet ...

Unfortunately, the most common falcon, American kestrel, is on a downward slide, although it is still easily the most ...

They are the only birds of prey capable of hovering, using the wind to keep them afloat. While they are the smallest falcons in North America, they are fierce predators, often hunting in family ...

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

While most people have heard of falcons ... It is the only bird of prey breeding in Ohio that hunts in this manner. In 1930, ornithologist Lawrence Hicks claimed that the American kestrel ...