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Red-shouldered Hawk

Buteo lineatus

Photo by James McNair
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Whether wheeling over a swamp forest or whistling plaintively from a riverine park, a Red-shouldered Hawk is typically a sign of tall woods and water. It’s one of our most distinctively marked common hawks, with barred reddish-peachy underparts and a strongly banded tail. In flight, translucent crescents near the wingtips help to identify the species at a distance. These forest hawks hunt prey ranging from mice to frogs and snakes.

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-shouldered_Hawk/lifehistory

Habitat:

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