Editor's note: This is Part I of a two-part series on white-tailed hawks. Part II will look at what threatens it. Texas enjoys a number of specialty bird species. This refers, for one thing, to ...

We spotted the white-tailed hawk as we returned from a funeral. Perched on a power line pole by a country road, the stately bird stood strong like the man whose passing we'd been mourning, peering ...

The white hawk is larger than a red-tailed hawk, Griffin said. Seibel said he believes the bird is a red-tailed hawk because he's heard it call. The hawks are predatory birds, ...

This nearly all-white, red-=tailed hawk was spotted in its nest with two chicks by Bob Jensen, a wildlife photographer in Tioga County. Bob Jensen photo.

As it turns out, the tannish-white bird wasn’t an eagle — it was a leucistic red-tailed hawk, which means its plumage lacks melanin and pigmentation to provide color in its feathers.

We spotted the white-tailed hawk as we returned from a funeral. Perched on a power line pole by a country road, the stately bird stood strong like the man whose passing we'd been mourning, peering ...