Of the many anticipated signs of spring in Maine, the return of ospreys is among the most easily observed. Flying up from their wintering grounds in the south, these fish-eating raptors build large, ...

GLOUCESTER POINT, Va. (AP) — Stepping onto an old wooden duck blind in the middle of the York River, Bryan Watts looks down at a circle of sticks and pine cones on the weathered, guano-spattered ...

Nature is red of tooth and claw, as the old saying goes. But also, it is red of beak, as the skillful predatory instincts of so many bird species prove. When one thinks of ruthless avian hunters, the ...

Joan Silagy had a feeling over 30 years ago that osprey — the large, white-headed, crook-winged raptor that preys on fish — may eventually nest in Berks County. She and her late husband, Bob, birded ...

The most common raptor in Eagle County is most likely the osprey. As you drive through the county, you will see their nests on the top of many trees, poles, power poles, and athletic field lights.

This is a young Cooper’s hawk learning to fly in our backyard and resting on a limb. The photo was taken with a Canon Rebel ...

As soon as the sun rises, I am out and about, listening first from the front porch as the morning chorus begins. The usual suspects are calling and singing to one another: redwings, grackles, ...