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Red-shouldered Hawk

Buteo lineatus

Description:

Thes hawks have 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. Cornell Lab

Habitat:

On the campus of State College

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9 Comments

dcslaugh
dcslaugh 8 years ago

Thank you for listing the name of the locations, Claire. It makes it more encouraging to go there.

ceherzog
ceherzog 10 years ago

Thanks Christy, they're our most common hawk in this area.

ChristyHolland
ChristyHolland 10 years ago

Love this, Claire!! That's a beautiful hawk! I wish we had those here in CO... ;-)

ceherzog
ceherzog 10 years ago

Thanks Shanna!

ShannaB
ShannaB 10 years ago

Beautiful.

ceherzog
ceherzog 10 years ago

Thank you reptile man!

the reptile man
the reptile man 10 years ago

he is so cool looking.

ceherzog
ceherzog 10 years ago

Thank you Nayeli

Nayeli
Nayeli 10 years ago

Amazing! great series

ceherzog
Spotted by
ceherzog

Venice, Florida, USA

Spotted on Dec 15, 2013
Submitted on Dec 23, 2013

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