Busy Bird - Red Shouldered Hawk
This photograph of a Red-Shouldered hawk flying past me with nesting material in his beak was a lucky find.
We did see several of these birds at Orlando Wetlands but this was the only one that wasn't perched in a tree.
One interesting fact about the red-shouldered hawks is that
by the time they are five days old, nestling Red-shouldered Hawks can shoot their feces over the edge of their nest. Bird poop on the ground is a sign of an active nest.
We did not find any nests.
- Buteo lineatus
Busy Bird - Red Shouldered Hawk
This photograph of a Red-Shouldered hawk flying past me with nesting material in his beak was a lucky find.
We did see several of these birds at Orlando Wetlands but this was the only one that wasn't perched in a tree.
One interesting fact about the red-shouldered hawks is that
by the time they are five days old, nestling Red-shouldered Hawks can shoot their feces over the edge of their nest. Bird poop on the ground is a sign of an active nest.
We did not find any nests.
- Buteo lineatus