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Red Shoulder Hawk

Buteo lineatus

Photo by CynthiaMHori
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Field Notes

Description:

Medium-sized to large hawk. Wings and tail striped black and white.
Underparts barred reddish. Pale crescent near wingtips in flight.

Habitat:

A common forest-dwelling hawk of the East and California, the Red-shouldered Hawk favors woodlands near water. It is perhaps the most vocal American hawk.

Notes:

www.allaboutbirds.org

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