BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Sgt. Kim Chandler with Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife was tasked the other day with trying to get a red-tailed hawk out of a Bellevue home after the bird had broken in ...

I’ve been seeing more red-tailed hawks out and about these last days of autumn. While driving along a busy road, I’ve seen one soaring in the air spreading out its wide, rufous tail and broad wings.

Every birder knows it—hawks are some of the trickiest birds to identify. Sure, it's almost always obvious when you've seen a hawk. But which hawk? Red-tailed hawks are widespread across most of the ...