Red-shouldered hawks are gorgeous medium-sized, solid birds, smaller than a red-tailed but bigger than a broad-winged hawk.

Massachusetts lawmakers want to restrict a type of rat poison that is particularly dangerous to birds, pets and wildlife.

They are noisy! Nature News: Why starlings are the backyard bullies of the bird feeder Sibley (The Sibley Guide to Birds) describes them as “very vocal, with distinctive, far-carrying calls.