Red Shouldered Hawk

[JEBar]

a few minutes ago we saw a Red Shouldered Hawk perched high in a treetop on the back edge of our property --- https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red ... d_Hawk/id --- for us this was a first .... its termed a medium size hawk but it looked pretty dang big with a heavy body and wingspan of over a yard

[Hatchdog]

Hawks and other raptors are such magnificent creatures. Great pic, thanks for sharing

[North Country Gal]

Congrats on the sighting and the pic. We have them around here, but not too common, given our forests are mostly coniferous, not deciduous.

[markiver54]

Raptors are magnificent creatures. Sharp eye for you to spot that one. they are rather common around here. I love to watch them when perched, flying, hunting and even eating. We hear the owls almost every evening when we're up at the cottage.

[Vaquero]

We have a variety of hawks and falcons around here, and also owls.
We have a couple or three that we can hear most evenings also, Mark.

Will see a Bald Eagle or two from time to time also.

RP

[CT_Shooter]

Living by the CT River provides daily opportunities to watch a variety of hawks, eagles, osprey, vultures, and other predator or scavenging birds. Several years ago, I happened to watch as a very surprised Hawk (probably Cooper's Hawk) followed a very smart (but much smaller) bird into a Trumpet Vine, where it became trapped. If I hadn't have seen it happen and helped to free it, the Hawk would likely have died there. I shot a video while releaseing it.

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https://youtu.be/5CbI7cKysdg

A couple of years ago, I was also lucky enough to have a nesting pair in a tall tree just above my backyard pond. They came to the pond several times a day to bathe, preen, and learn how to hunt. So cool.

One adult and two juveniles sunning after a bath in the pond

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