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 housing, ...

LOCK HAVEN, Pa. — Meet Thora, a one-year-old red-tailed female hawk. 15-year-old Kassidy Simcox trapped her back in September. The Lock Haven native says she discovered her love for animals at a young ...

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 ...

CLEVELAND. — Roxxy is ready. As apprentice falconer Lisa Fannon attaches a GPS tracker to a strap around one of Roxxy’s legs, the young red-tailed hawk strains to fly away from her perch atop Fannon’s ...

Mixing education and fun is a winning recipe when it comes to our activities. There's nothing like learning and laughing simultaneously. One of the most memorable experiences of this kind happened ...

I did not want to bring a red-tailed hawk home, and I certainly did not want to nurse one back to health. It was April 17, 2020, and we were two weeks into the statewide shutdown. I wanted to respond ...

BISHOPVILLE, S.C. — A red-tailed hawk is now free after spending nearly a year getting rehabilitated and prepared to go back into the wild. The Migratory Bird Treaty Act protects migratory bird ...

Richard Shores, a licensed falconer practicing since 2004, holds Lagurtha, one of his two Harris hawks, on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022 in Apex, N.C. at his home where he houses four birds in a homemade ...

I did not want to bring a red-tailed hawk home, and I certainly did not want to nurse one back to health. It was April 17, 2020, and we were two weeks into the statewide shutdown. I wanted to respond ...