Desert animals generally don't need to be rescued from the heat, according to a reminder issued by wildlife experts after an ...

Cooper’s hawks swoop through our suburban yard every month or so, making passes at our feeder birds. The hawk knows a good hunting opportunity when it sees one. A reader recently wrote to ask me ...

The family of David McCumber, the Arizona Daily Star’s executive editor, had a surprise visitor Wednesday morning: a Cooper’s hawk that made himself at home by taking a dip in the pool at their home ...

Cooper’s Hawks are leaving their overcrowded nests early to escape the heat, causing a surge in admissions at local rescue center Liberty Wildlife. Because of the summer heat, baby Cooper’s ...

Glancing out the window early this morning, I noticed the feeders are well stocked but not a bird in sight, except for a Cooper’s hawk dining on a mourning dove. He often hunts around our house ...

Today, I’ll be talking about some of these most common neighborhood hawks — the red-tailed, Cooper’s and sharp-shinned hawks — with a closing glance at a few other local raptors.