A new study by scientists from Maryland and Colorado using American kestrels, a surrogate test species for raptorial birds, suggests that they are at greater risk from poisoning from the rodenticide diphacinone than previous believed.

By Stan Tekiela Itis nearly raptor-photo season again. I can hardly contain myself. For a wildlife photographer, there are few species of bird that are as exciting to photograph as the raptors.

By Sean Boone, Walton Sun, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla. Jun. 23--A recent annual sighting analysis from the Audubon Society of Florida reports that many of our indigenous state birds are drastically declining in numbers.

A hawk down in midtown Manhattan? Another bird of prey grounded across town? A lamb on the lam in the Bronx? True. All in one day. The series of animal adventures began around 10 a.m. Wednesday when a former parks commissioner reported spotting a hawk that had crash landed.

By Chris Metinko, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Apr. 26--Alameda County supervisors approved a one-year monitoring system that would study the impacts of the Altamont Pass windmills on scores of birds, including golden eagles, red-tailed hawks, burrowing owls and other protected species.