RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A homeowner in Midlothian was in for a surprise when they found out the “baby owl” they spotted in their backyard was actually a species of bird that didn’t belong in Virginia.

Now that it’s the last week of May the spring migration of raptors is almost done around here. Actually it’s been mostly over for a few weeks except for a late hawk or osprey here and there. Recently, ...

MANKATO — On a balmy late August day, Jim Amundson, of Lake Crystal, was settling into his daily routine of counting raptors passing through the Minnesota River Valley at Land of Memories Park in ...

When I see a squadron of migrating Mississippi kites circling in the sky over my neighborhood, I easily imagine a bunch of children flying gray, contoured, paper kites. The birds wave up and down ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - The Illinois Raptor Center is treating a bird that is a threatened species in Illinois. The Illinois Raptor Center said this is a first for them, treating a Mississippi Kite ...