The red tailed hawk is almost always seen peached up in a tree in open fields or in any other open areas. The latin name is buteo jamaicensis. Red-tailed Hawks are large hawks with typical Buteo proportions: very broad, rounded wings and a short, wide tail. Large females seen from a distance might fool you into thinking you’re seeing an eagle.Red-tailed hawks hunt from perches and from the air. When a red-tailed hawk spots a rodent, rabbit, lizard, or other prey scurrying, it swoops down and grabs its meal in its talons.They make stick nests high above the ground.Most Red-tailed Hawks are rich brown above and pale below, with a streaked belly and, on the wing underside, a dark bar between shoulder and wrist and the tail is usually pale below and cinnamon-red above, though in young birds it’s brown and banded. Overall the red tailed hawk is a cool and very intriguing bird in many aspects.
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