This species is one of the most widely distributed, abundant, well-known, and well-named birds in North ... Summer male: black, including soft parts, with bright red shoulder patch or “epaulet ...

There is a large family of birds belonging to the blackbird family, but an invasive species often causes confusion.

Police are investigating after a red-tailed hawk was found in Paxton, Massachusetts, with the feathers of its wings and tail cut off. "When I first held the bird, I noticed that every single feather ...

A medium-size buteo with rounded wing tips that do not ... Rufous on the upperwing coverts gives the “red shoulders.” The primaries are barred or checkered black and white, the dark tail ...