A friend of a friend named Daryl Cavallaro took this stunning shot of a Merlin snagging a snack recently at Floyd Bennett Field in...

This last week I was out with a falconer that had an absolutely stunning pale form Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) and the beauty of this...

Last month, I wrote about hypothesized relationships between passerines, parrots, falcons, and seriemas, noting a need for further research on the subject. The post...

Kestrels may be the coolest raptors nobody knows of. In North America, everyone recognizes hawks on the wing, even the ones that aren’t Red-tailed...

What do you think when you hear the word raptor? Those of us from generation Jurassic Park can’t help but think of the terrifying...

So much of the US is getting dumped on with snow.  At first it seemed like a nice holiday treat until you realize that...

It was not too many years ago that it was questionable if Peregrine Falcons would continue to exist in several locations around the world,...

Many a lifelong birder picked up his or her first field guide because of raptors. Bird of prey like eagles, hawks, and owls inspire...