redtail
Common American buteo
Redtail is short for red-tailed hawk, the most common hawk in North America, known for its distinctive rusty-red tail feathers: A redtail circled overhead, hunting for mice.
The term appears in birding and rural contexts where these hawks are familiar sights perched on fence posts or soaring over open fields.
Rising effortlessly upward
- talonsHooked bird claws
- plumageBird's complete feather coat
- feathersBird's lightweight covering
- screechHigh, harsh cry
wingspan · thermals · glide · aerie · eyrie · nesting · fledgling · migration
Handheld dual-lens magnifier
- sightingInstance of perceiving something
- identificationEstablishing who someone is
- plumageBird's complete feather coat
- perchResting spot for birds
birding · spotting · habitat · range · call · silhouette · soaring · kettle
Raptor trainer and hunter
- jessesFalconry leg restraints
- hoodAttached head covering
- gauntletProtective armored handwear
- lureThing that tempts
mews · perch · quarry · cast · cadge · block · mantling · hack
soaring
Rising effortlessly upward
screech · wingspan · thermals · glide · aerie · eyrie · nesting · fledgling · migration · perch
binoculars
Handheld dual-lens magnifier
- sightingInstance of perceiving something
- identificationEstablishing who someone is
- plumageBird's complete feather coat
perch · birding · spotting · habitat · range · call · silhouette · soaring · kettle · migration
falconer
Raptor trainer and hunter
lure · mews · perch · quarry · cast · cadge · block · mantling · hack · passage
constrictor
Snake killing by compression
- snakeLimbless scaled reptile
- reptileCold-blooded scaled vertebrate
- terrariumGlass-walled growing enclosure
scales · coils · tropical · rainforest · exotic · pet · enclosure · humidity · shedding · feeding
angling
Recreational hook-and-line pursuit
Amazon · aquarium · whiskered · freshwater · river · specimen · catch · sportfish · bottom-feeder · channel
- butterflyfishbutterflyfish
redtailperegrine falcon
High-speed avian predator
golden eagle · bald eagle · eagle · goshawk · kestrel