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Volume 24 Issue 3, Summer 2019 An adult Red-Tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) soars above its Loudoun hunting groundsPhoto by Liam...

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Vol. 16 Issue 4, Winter 2011 By Elizabeth Dennison, The Raptor Conservancy of Virginia Cooper's Hawk takes a backyard squirrel...

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Vol. 7 Issue 3, Summer 2002 By Liam McGranahan Red-tailed HawkPhoto by Nicole Hamilton Have you ever wondered why you...

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Vol. 7 Issue 3, Summer 2002 By Bruce Hopkins The Blue Ridge along Loudoun’s western border offers wonderful opportunities to...

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