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Red-tailed hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Description:

A bird of prey that can live as far north as Alaska and as south as the West Indies.

Habitat:

The red-tailed hawk can adjust to many different biomes in its range.

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1 Comment

AshleyT
AshleyT 8 years ago

Can't see the bird too well here, but from what I can see, it looks to be the same nest as this spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/159... Same location at least. If they are the same, then this is a ferruginous hawk, not a red-tailed hawk. I explained why on the other spotting.

Ridge Farr
Spotted by
Ridge Farr

Rockland, Idaho, USA

Spotted on May 13, 2015
Submitted on May 13, 2015

Spotted for Mission

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