Red-tailed Hawk

(Buteo jamaicensis)

Geographic Location- Newfoundland, Ontario, and Saskatchewan south to the Gulf of Mexico and Florida

Habitat- open grassland, cropland and deciduous forests

Song- rasping squeal, keeer—r-r

Location Observed- on the farm that I live on

Date Observed- almost everyday

Personal Notes- We have a driveway that is about a half mile long. Located along the side of our driveway is an old telephone that we left standing because it’s the desired sitting spot of two red-tailed hawks. Their names are Wilbur and Wilena. They have a nest together in the nearby woods. They have gotten so used to us that we can drive right underneath them and they don’t fly away.