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Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
This photo was taken on June 12th near Randall Library on UNCW campus. Red-tailed Hawks (Buteo jamaicensis) occupy almost every open habitat type in North America. These habitat types include grasslands, scrublands, fields, pastures, roadsides, parks, broken woodlands, deserts, and even tropical rainforests in Mexico. Some Red-tailed Hawks that reside in desert areas practice commensalism with the Saguaro Cactus. The Red-tailed Hawk benefits from the relationship because the Saguaro Cactus provides a place for it to build its nest, and the Saguaro Cactus is neither helped nor harmed by the Red-tailed Hawk. There is no effect from the nest building on the Saguaro Cactus. The Red-tailed hawk utilizes the cactus height as a way to help provide a commanding view of the landscape.
Sources:
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-tailed_Hawk/lifehistory
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Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
This photo was taken on June 12th near Randall Library on UNCW campus. Red-tailed Hawks (Buteo jamaicensis) occupy almost every open habitat type in North America. These habitat types include grasslands, scrublands, fields, pastures, roadsides, parks, broken woodlands, deserts, and even tropical rainforests in Mexico. Some Red-tailed Hawks that reside in desert areas practice commensalism with the Saguaro Cactus. The Red-tailed Hawk benefits from the relationship because the Saguaro Cactus provides a place for it to build its nest, and the Saguaro Cactus is neither helped nor harmed by the Red-tailed Hawk. There is no effect from the nest building on the Saguaro Cactus. The Red-tailed hawk utilizes the cactus height as a way to help provide a commanding view of the landscape.
Sources:
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-tailed_Hawk/lifehistory
grove.ccsd59.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/05/Rela...