The Wrist Trick That Keeps Molting Hawks Airborne

Every time a hawk loses a flight feather, it faces a serious aerodynamic problem on its next landing approach. Researchers ...
Earth.com

Red-tailed hawks adapt their flight to overcome missing feathers

Scientists found that red-tailed hawks adjust their wings and tails during molt to keep flying and landing safely despite missing feathers.
Phys.org

Red-tailed hawks maintain flight performance despite missing feathers

Overall, the hawk maintained flight performance despite having fewer feathers. Expanding the work beyond one hawk Researchers plan to extend the study to additional bird species and across the entire ...
ucdavis.edu

What Molting Hawks Can Teach Researchers About Resilient Flight

Jack, a red-tailed hawk, alights on a perch. Research shows that the birds can compensate for feather loss during molt by changing their wing and tail movements. (Alfonso Martínez-Carmena, UC Davis) ...
insider.si.edu

Hawks in flight : the flight identification of North American raptors / Pete Dunne, David Allen Sibley, and Clay Sutton

The flight identification of raptors : from the shotgun to the sublime -- Buteos that migrate : the wind masters -- Accipiters : the artful dodgers -- Falcons : birds that measure distance by the ...
Duluth News Tribune

Photos: Flight sights at Hawk Ridge in Duluth

DULUTH — Eyes were on the sky, looking through binoculars and camera viewfinders, at Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory at 3980 E. Skyline Parkway on Saturday for the Everyone Can Bird: Fall Migration event.