Red-shouldered Hawk

We went on a short hike at a park nearby and saw a red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus). It was watching a dray of squirrels that were running around over the forest floor. In Europe, these might be called buzzards. Red-shouldered hawks prefer forested areas. Their more commonly sighted cousins, the red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis), prefer open field areas.

Link

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-shouldered_hawk
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buteo
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-tailed_hawk
• https://www.math.stonybrook.edu/~tony/birds/hawks.html