Red-shouldered Hawk

Family: Accipitridae

Average annual sightings on Hawk Hill: 470; Hawk Hill sightings mid-September through mid-October

Total banded by GGRO as of 2018: 465

ID BASICS

Size: length 19 inches; wingspan 40 inches; Redtail size

Key Field Marks: Accipiter-like buteo; crescent-shaped window in outerwing; thin white bands on dark tail

• Adult: red belly and 2-3 vivid white thin bands on black tail

• Juvenile: brown speckled belly, dingy-white thin tail bands on brown tail

Flight: flap-glides more than Red-tailed Hawk; quick, swift shallow wing-beats; glides on down-curved wings; soars on flat wings

(Average annual sightings based on 2006-2017 data; 2010 and 2013 data not included due to partial seasons)

Red-shouldered Hawk

Jean Perata/GGRO Volunteer

Former GGRO Banding Manager Chris Briggs prepares to release a juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk after banding

Eddie Bartley/GGRO Volunteer

Adult Red-shouldered Hawk

Jenni Peters/GGRO Volunteer

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