red-tailed hawks
Common American predators
Red-tailed hawks is the plural of red-tailed hawk, a large North American raptor named for the rusty-red coloring on the upper side of its tail feathers.
They're among the most common hawks on the continent, frequently seen soaring over open fields or perched on telephone poles scanning for prey: We spotted three red-tailed hawks circling above the meadow.
- redtailNorth American hawk species
- talonsHooked bird claws
- skyVisible overhead expanse
- soaringRising effortlessly upward
- feathersBird's lightweight covering
open country · raptor · heights · bird of prey · rabbit · beak · hunting dive · grasslands · telephone poles · screech · carnivorous · small mammals · majestic · kettle · eagles · thermals · predator · mountain ecosystems
- wildlifebirds, mammals, elephant, reptiles, kangaroo
- bird strikesbird strike, pyrotechnics, wildlife management, gulls, starlings
- prairiesprairies, prairie grass, grasslands, grassland, tallgrass
- Flint Hillstallgrass prairie, native prairie, rolling hills
red-tailed hawksperegrine falcons
Swift, diving hunting birds
falcons · merlins · gyrfalcons · goshawks · golden eagles
red-tailed hawksfield mice
Small wild rural rodents
voles · rabbits · ground squirrels · rodents · mice
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