Red-tailed Hawk adult on pole: note tail is brick-red above |
Same bird taking flight from pole: note tail is dull-red below |
Note the white front |
Note dark belly-band |
Even in pale hawks, notice the belly band and a dark head |
Dark Red-tailed Hawk: note dark belly-band |
Red-tailed Hawk in a rehab facility, Homosassa Springs, Florida |
Note mottled pattern on the back |
Somebody is not happy to see me. |
Red-tailed Hawk on a red, sandstone cliff in Utah |
Red-tailed Hawk adult: notice brick-red on upper tail surface |
Red-tailed Hawk adult: notice brick-red on upper tail surface |
Red-tailed Hawk on soaring flight |
Red-tailed Hawk in flight |
Red-tailed Hawk in flight |
Red-tailed Hawk adult taking flight |
Red-tailed Hawk juvenile with mottled pattern on the back |
Red-tailed Hawk juvenile taking flight |
Those are some serious hawk toes! |
Red-tailed Hawk juvenile |
Pair of Red-tailed Hawks |
Common Ravens harassing a Red-tailed Hawk |
American Kestrel male drives Red-tailed Hawk from nest |
American Kestrel male drives Red-tailed Hawk from nest |
Red-tailed Hawk on a red, sandstone cliff in Utah |
Red-tailed Hawk |
Red-tailed Hawk in a Joshua Tree |
Stately Red-tailed Hawk standing in a Joshua Tree |
Red-tailed Hawk stick nest on ledge |
1. On the ground |
2. Taking flight |
3. Notice the curl in the wing tips |
4. Broad wing with banding |
5. Heading for the skies |