What exactly is a Chicken Hawk? Or a Sparrow Hawk, or Pigeon Hawk? Or even a Duck Hawk, for that matter? You don't hear the terms very often any longer, but old bird books actually list those as the ...

Click here if you are having trouble viewing the slideshow on a mobile device. WALNUT CREEK — Strolling the sidewalks of Broadway Plaza, you may not notice the absence of one unwelcome pest — pigeons.

The emerald grass courts were glistening with dew Monday morning as Rufus the hawk made a big circle, then — like a fighter jet descending on an aircraft carrier — swooped down for a perfect landing ...