ROANOKE, Va. – The Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center is holding a Gala later this month. It’s their biggest fundraiser of the year, and John Carlin will be the auctioneer this year! Here, you can ...

In late autumn, cold air masses come barreling down from the Canadian Arctic like an atmospheric avalanche, bringing with ...

Masked and gloved to protect the small falcon from any possibility of avian flu exposure, Mercy Melo gently placed a female American kestrel nestling onto the digital scale she had set up on a card ...

Winter is a great time for birding and Sauvie Island is the place to spot the Fantastic Four of raptors - Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel, and Bald Eagle! Brodie Cass Talbott, ...

In late autumn, cold air masses come barreling down from the Canadian Arctic like an atmospheric avalanche, bringing with ...

RACINE — With the news that the Kestrel Hawk landfill will be closing next year, and the steps the City of Racine will take to manage its trash, some in the suburbs are wondering what their ...

It’s always a tense moment, watching the researchers walk down our dirt road with an empty basket in hand. Once the ladder is propped up on the telephone pole and a scientist climbs it – once the side ...

Last month, I was at Tanglewood Park looking for early-morning bird activity. Birds often perch on the power lines crossing the Yadkin River near the BMX track. That morning, a couple of bluebirds and ...

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary has received a $246,000 grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to help imperiled farmland raptors. The grant is one of 30 ...

My eyes shot open, and I leapt out of bed. This was the alarm clock I’d been waiting for — my favorite time of the year. The kestrel chicks had just fledged and were screaming to their parents for ...