Red-tails are larger, with a telling tail: Adult red-tails have a rusty tail. Broad-winged hawks are smaller birds, and have tails with obvious bands. The two exist on common ground because they ...

Small forest-dwelling birds of prey, broad-winged hawks migrate annually to South and Central America from their breeding grounds in North America’s temperate forests. Residents of Western North ...

What Does a Broad-Winged Hawk Look Like? “I saw this hawk in the woods near my house. What hawk species is it?” asks reader Sheryl Fleming of Hoffmeister, New York. Birding experts Kenn and Ki ...

Some helpful staff members at the Runge Nature Center in Jefferson City came to the aid of a distressed broad-winged hawk that had managed to get a few of its toes caught — in a turtle.

Now that we’re in the middle of April it’s time for broad-winged hawks to pass through this part of the country. Even if you’re not someone who notices migrating hawks, if you happen to see ...