THIS MUST BE my favorite time of year. We’ve emerged from hibernation and all danger of frost has passed. The birds have returned from the distant South to our forests to nest. The ones that survived ...

DULUTH – The birding community is atwitter over the banding of a Minnesota-rare Swainson’s hawk at Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory here late last week, blown in by blustery northwest winds. The raptors ...

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Odysseus, one of the oldest-recorded Swainson’s hawks under human care, passed away today. The hawk, often called “Odie,” was one of Tracy Aviary’s ambassador birds. As an ...