Red-shouldered hawks are carnivorous birds that usually do not stray from their meat-heavy diet. A hawk was recently observed eating an avocado, which marks the first documented occurrence of these ...

A new study published in the Journal of Raptor Research, titled "Factors Influencing Nestling Sex Ratios of Suburban and Rural Red-Shouldered Hawks, 2004–2016," finds that hawk parents prioritize ...

Cincinnati Parks says a red-shouldered hawk has found frozen in Burnet Woods last month has been released back into the wild!In a post on Facebook, Cincinnati Parks say a parkgoer reported a hawk down ...

The bird was found huddled by a door.

Hosts Kaitlen Daigle and Lauren Phinney sit down with Benjamin Martin, wildlife rehabilitation supervisor at San Diego Humane Society’s Project Wildlife, to talk about birds of prey. One animal ...

"I’m watching birds. They’re watching me. We’re neighbors, and in the case of the three nests, we’re housemates." ...

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our ...

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Apparently, humans aren't the only animals that love avocados. In a rare sighting, a red-shouldered hawk was observed eating an avocado in California. The raptor's snack raised questions about whether ...