On Nov. 2, I trapped a juvenile red-tailed hawk and began the process of training. He will likely be returned to the wild after a year or two of guaranteed food, health benefits, and company housing, ...

LOCK HAVEN, Pa. — Meet Thora, a one-year-old red-tailed female hawk. 15-year-old Kassidy Simcox trapped her back in September. The Lock Haven native says she discovered her love for animals at a young ...

Ask a teenager about his or her extracurricular activities, and you usually hear about sports, dance, the school play, perhaps debate team or chess club. It’s rarer to hear a 16-year-old talk about ...

Kris Klosterman holds the red-tailed hawk that found itself trapped inside a truck this February. He's a trained falconer that used his experience to handle the unhappy raptor and protect it further ...

Birds-I LOVE them! I don’t define myself as a birder, but I love to observe these glorious creatures and listen to their birdsong as they perch in trees, hop along the ground or soar overhead. All the ...