Shhhh, Sleeping Red Shouldered Hawk
by Amy Hosp
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Shhhh, Sleeping Red Shouldered Hawk
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Amy Hosp
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I watch this hawk as it yawn a big long yawn and then it went to sleep.
The red-shouldered hawk is a medium-sized hawk. Its breeding range spans eastern North America and along the coast of California and northern to northeastern-central Mexico. Red-shouldered hawks are permanent residents throughout most of their range, though northern birds do migrate, mostly to central Mexico. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Buteo lineatus
Mass: 1.3 lbs (Adult) Encyclopedia of Life
Conservation status: Least Concern (Population increasing) Encyclopedia of Life
Class: Aves
Rank: Species
Did you know: The diet of red-shouldered hawks consists primarily of small mammals, the largest of these being rabbits and squirrels. animaldiversity.org
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June 18th, 2019
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