NAME OF
BIRD:
Red Shouldered Hawk
SPECIES:
Buteo Bineatus
PHYSICAL
CHARACTERISTICS:
Smaller, less common, and more colorful than the Red-tailed Hawk. It
has a reddish-brown chest and a checkered wings. The Red-shouldered
Hawk flies with a series of flaps and then a long glide. It has short
rounded wings and a long tail.
HABITAT
DESCRIPTION:
It has been known to nest next to fish hatchery ponds or sitting on a
wall next to a fish tank, snagging fish that come too close to the
side of the wall. In Bakersfield, CA. the Red-shouldered Hawk flies
around freely.
DIET:
It feeds on small fish like trout. It also eats small birds or
rodents.
Report by,
Kevin