Red-tailed Hawk

Plum Island, Newburyport, Massachusetts

United States

The red-tailed hawk is a bird of prey that breeds throughout most of North America, from the interior of Alaska and northern Canada to as far south as Panama and the West Indies. It is one of the most common members within the genus of Buteo in North America or worldwide. Wikipedia

I'd really rather he was perched on a stump or a tree branch, but ah well...we take what we can get.

Bathing at Rose Canyon Lake, Mount Lemmon, Tucson, Arizona.

Red-Tailed Hawk

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Lower Klamath NWR

I realize this may look like a zoo picture, but this is a wild bird who seems to like perching on a post by the side of the road. As long as we stayed in the car, it didn't fly away. So we rolled down the windows and took photos.

He went right over my head. The UV filter acts as a mirror.

Explored.

I stopped doing my actual job to take this picture. That's dedication.

Way Back Machine Shot

Tallgrass Prairie, Oklahoma

Ramona, California

I only saw six hawks the entire 1,000 miles of travel. Hadn’t intended to use this for the 365, but with editing decided I could salvage it.

232/365

over Christmas Hill, Saanich

Mt Auburn Cemetary

Found this Red-tailed Hawk hunting for voles in a field east of Calgary, AB. Presume she was a youngster as she was happy to let me watch her from across the road for quite a while.

Marin Headlands, Sausalito, CA

I was lucky enough to see a pair of Red-tailed Hawks putting on a show for each other in some pair bonding exercises.

Pinal County, Arizona.

Sacramento NWR

Charleston, South Carolina

I believe this a young Red-tailed Hawk. If I'm wrong please let me know.

Marin Headlands, Sausalito, CA

I saw this immature red-tailed hawk perched over the path I was on. I slowly approached while taking photos, then eventually realized that it didn't matter how close I got. I walked around and underneath it. It was listening to a squirrel, and looked like it was trying to figure out how to capture it for lunch.

I thought it was a little unusual that it has one brown eye and one yellow eye.

Florida

I am very fortunate to have Red-tailed Hawks nesting in the woods behind my house. I see them every day but don't get many photo opportunities. Sometimes i get lucky and they fly close to the deck.

A red-tailed hawk launches from the top of an apartment building on Felstead Avenue near Greenwood

Greenwich, CT

Red-tailed Hawk, Springbank Park

Red-Tailed Hawk

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Red-tail over Alhambra Valley

I thought it was a little unusual that it has one brown eye and one yellow eye.

Florida

Rounding a bend on one of the trails at Reifel, I stumbled upon this beautiful young Red-tailed Hawk that was just sitting in the path. Concerned for its well being, someone summoned the sanctuary staff to come and look at him. We pondered whether to call O.W.L., the rehab centre for raptors when the hawk made a lunge for a tree. Wings and tail looked intact, but he did have a rather scruffy hair do. We figured he must have smacked into a tree branch going after a small bird. He was just a bit stunned and settled into a tree to rest. After about twenty minutes, he left, apparently none the worse for wear.