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General Category => 3DHS => Topic started by: BSB on January 01, 2013, 01:53:06 AM

Title: Red-tail Hawk
Post by: BSB on January 01, 2013, 01:53:06 AM
I saw 3 Red-tail Hawks today. I'm pretty sure they were all Red-tails. However, one was flying through the woods, fairly low, which is not something Red-tails are known for. They're circlers, or they perch high on the edge of a clearing.

It seems to go in spurts for me. I won't see any for several weeks than I'll see them everywhere. I have found a couple of places (plenty of pheasants around) where I can watch them hunt. Twice they took prey within feet of me. They come in out of nowhere and then they're gone, all in the blink of an eye. 


Perched Red-tail:http://www.skweezer.com/s.aspx/-/old-dana-farmstead~com/image/406px-Red-tailed_Hawk_KSC00pp0245.jpg


BSB
Title: Re: Red-tail Hawk
Post by: BSB on January 01, 2013, 02:02:07 AM
http://www.skweezer.com/s.aspx/-/old-dana-farmstead~com/image/406px-Red-tailed_Hawk_KSC00pp0245.jpg (http://www.skweezer.com/s.aspx/-/old-dana-farmstead~com/image/406px-Red-tailed_Hawk_KSC00pp0245.jpg)

Title: Re: Red-tail Hawk
Post by: Plane on January 01, 2013, 02:15:54 AM
I have never seen those except one at a time .

Every now and then the buzzards can be seen passing through here in large flocks.
Title: Re: Red-tail Hawk
Post by: BSB on January 01, 2013, 02:28:42 AM
These were all a good distance apart. It is possible two of the sightings were the same bird, but I don't think so. The third definitely not.

BSB
Title: Re: Red-tail Hawk
Post by: Xavier_Onassis on January 01, 2013, 10:40:56 AM
The same buzzards that summer in Hinckley, Ohio spend the winter in Miami.

The photoof the red-tailed hawk is nice, but alas! You cannot see the color of his tail.
Title: Re: Red-tail Hawk
Post by: Plane on January 01, 2013, 12:14:11 PM
These were all a good distance apart. It is possible two of the sightings were the same bird, but I don't think so. The third definitely not.

BSB

Do Red tail Hawks pair bond for long periods?
Title: Re: Red-tail Hawk
Post by: Plane on January 01, 2013, 12:15:32 PM
The same buzzards that summer in Hinckley, Ohio spend the winter in Miami.

The photoof the red-tailed hawk is nice, but alas! You cannot see the color of his tail.

They are only here for a week or so , strange and fantastic to see them traveling together.
Title: Re: Red-tail Hawk
Post by: BSB on January 01, 2013, 12:20:01 PM
It isn't a bright red on the tail. This will give you the idea:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cFq0Wq1lFqM/TaNjpBj3TTI/AAAAAAAAAK0/g62EwLWrdx0/s1600/red-tail-hawk+%25281%2529.jpg (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cFq0Wq1lFqM/TaNjpBj3TTI/AAAAAAAAAK0/g62EwLWrdx0/s1600/red-tail-hawk+%25281%2529.jpg)