Red Shouldered Hawks

Watching Like A Hawk! - I wonder where that expression came from? A collection of regal Red-Shouldered Hawks I’ve filmed over the past few months doing what they do best - Watching! Red Shouldered Hawks in Florida are generally pretty approachable and tolerant of annoying people when they are trying to hunt. Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus The Red-shouldered Hawk is one of the most beautiful and distinctively marked hawks in North America. Adults are barred with rusty-red on the underparts and have bright rufous shoulders. Their underparts are dark brown, and the tail is black with 4 or 5 narrow white bands. When in flight, pale crescents in the wings are visible from below. They breed from northern California south to Baja, in the Midwestern United States east to New Brunswick; and south to the Florida Keys and Texas. Habitat. In Florida, Red-Shouldered Hawks nest in a wide variety of woodland habitats, but they are particularly identified with cypre