In 2021, we published a paper providing evidence that this "natural eye black" might help peregrine falcons, the most widespread raptor species, to spot and hunt prey in sunny environments.

Gulf Coast Bird Observatory’s avian research team is monitoring for non-breeding shorebirds along the Upper Texas Coast from now until the end of March. Our main focus are those species ...

According to the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, nearly 120 species are considered endangered or threatened under the Federal Endangered Species Act in Texas. In Nueces County, there are 22.

The chick’s face was gray, with large black eyes and a curved white beak. This falcon and three others hatched about three and a half weeks ago in a nest on the 25th floor of the old administrative ...

We used over 10,000 images of 39 falcon species collected from citizen science platforms, including the Macaulay Library. Surprisingly, this larger study challenged our earlier assumptions.