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red-tailed hawk
noun
: a widely distributed chiefly rodent-eating New World hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) that is usually mottled dusky above and white streaked dusky and tinged with buff below and has a rather short typically reddish tail
called also redtail
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Consider a red-tailed hawk, watching from high up in some tree or tower, or soaring somewhere higher, beyond the limit of our structures.
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Jack Gedney, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024
Throughout your visit, be sure to keep your eyes on the skies along with the water, as Lake Sammamish also serves as a major draw for birds of prey ranging from the red-tailed hawk to the osprey.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
Tuffy is a baby red-tailed hawk who was stolen from his nest by a bald eagle on May 20.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2023
Earlier this month, Gillard noticed another baby red-tailed hawk living in the nest.
—Daniel S. Levine, Peoplemag, 23 June 2023
Alan can tell a red-tailed hawk from a sharp-shinned one, having been dragged as a child every spring to the southern shore of Lake Ontario to watch raptors migrate north.
—Elaine Chen, New York Times, 21 June 2023
It was likely initially brought as prey for the eaglet already in the nest, but the eagles began to raise it as their own young, with a second red-tailed hawk joining the nest later.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 20 June 2023
If Pale Male did live past 30, his life was one of the longest ever recorded for a red-tailed hawk.
—Karen Matthews, Fortune, 17 May 2023
After the heavy rains, Southern California wildlife experts are already noticing more of certain species, such as the kangaroo rat and red-tailed hawk.
—Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2023
Jack Gedney, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024
Throughout your visit, be sure to keep your eyes on the skies along with the water, as Lake Sammamish also serves as a major draw for birds of prey ranging from the red-tailed hawk to the osprey.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
Tuffy is a baby red-tailed hawk who was stolen from his nest by a bald eagle on May 20.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2023
Earlier this month, Gillard noticed another baby red-tailed hawk living in the nest.
—Daniel S. Levine, Peoplemag, 23 June 2023
Alan can tell a red-tailed hawk from a sharp-shinned one, having been dragged as a child every spring to the southern shore of Lake Ontario to watch raptors migrate north.
—Elaine Chen, New York Times, 21 June 2023
It was likely initially brought as prey for the eaglet already in the nest, but the eagles began to raise it as their own young, with a second red-tailed hawk joining the nest later.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 20 June 2023
If Pale Male did live past 30, his life was one of the longest ever recorded for a red-tailed hawk.
—Karen Matthews, Fortune, 17 May 2023
After the heavy rains, Southern California wildlife experts are already noticing more of certain species, such as the kangaroo rat and red-tailed hawk.
—Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2023
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