Red-tailed Hawk Images, Facts and Information:
Buteo jamaicensis
- Red-tailed Hawks can be found in every state in the U.S. except Hawaii and throughout most of Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.
- They are hawks of open country, fields, deserts, mixed woodlands, grasslands, roadsides, pastures, range and agricultural areas and will perch and nest on man-made as well as natural objects.
- Northern Red-tailed Hawks including the Harlan’s subspecies are migratory while other Red-tailed Hawks are year round residents. Hawks that breed high in mountain ranges often descend to lower elevations over the winter.
- Red-tailed hawks are monogamous and may mate for life.
- Mated pairs will also hunt together.
- They lay 1 to 5 eggs which hatch in about 30 days. Both sexes incubate the eggs.
- Courting Red-tailed Hawks put on an aerial display that both sexes participate in.
- Red-tailed Hawks are known to have extremely variable plumage, some of that variability is due to geographical regions the Red-tailed Hawks are found in and some variation is because there are light, intermediate, and dark morphs including Harlan’s Hawks which are darker overall.
- Their diet includes small mammals including rabbits, jackrabbits, hares, mice, voles, ground squirrels, and rats. They will also consume upland game birds, passerines, lizards, snakes and carrion.
- A group of hawks can be called a “tower”, “knot”, “spiraling”, “stream” or “kettle” of hawks.
- Red-tailed Hawks used to be called Chicken Hawks.
- Red-tailed Hawks can live beyond 21 years
I hope that you enjoy viewing my Red-tailed Hawk photos.
Red-tailed Hawk adult on a fence post painted red
Title: Red-tailed Hawk adult on a fence post painted red
Location: Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/10/2017
Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk on a gnarly fence
Title: Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk on a gnarly fence
Location: Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/10/2017
Bleached blond Red-tailed Hawk
Title: Bleached blond Red-tailed Hawk
Location: Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/10/2017
Red-tailed Hawk balancing on a wire
Title: Red-tailed Hawk balancing on a wire
Location: Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 7/10/2017
Wet and bedraggled Red-tailed Hawk juvenile
Title: Wet and bedraggled Red-tailed Hawk juvenile
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 7/4/2017
Funny look from a preening juvenile Red-tailed Hawk
Title: Funny look from a preening juvenile Red-tailed Hawk
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 7/4/2017
Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk panting in the heat
Title: Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk panting in the heat
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 7/4/2017
Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk on rusty metal pipes
Title: Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk on rusty metal pipes
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 7/4/2017
Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk perched on a lichen covered rock
Title: Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk perched on a lichen covered rock
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 7/4/2017
Portrait of a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk in northern Utah
Title: Portrait of a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk in northern Utah
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 7/4/2017
Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk having trouble with its balance
Title: Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk having trouble with its balance
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 7/4/2017
Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk walking on a rusty fence rail
Title: Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk walking on a rusty fence rail
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 7/4/2017
Fledgling Red-tailed Hawk resting on a cliff
Title: Fledgling Red-tailed Hawk resting on a cliff
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/30/2017
Red-tailed Hawk fledgling walking in a cliff
Title: Red-tailed Hawk fledgling walking in a cliff
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/30/2017
Fledgling Red-tailed Hawk preening on a lichen encrusted rock
Title: Fledgling Red-tailed Hawk preening on a lichen encrusted rock
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/30/2017
Over the shoulder look from a Red-tailed Hawk fledgling
Title: Over the shoulder look from a Red-tailed Hawk fledgling
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/30/2017
Preening Red-tailed Hawk fledgling
Title: Preening Red-tailed Hawk fledgling
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/30/2017
Fledgling Red-tailed Hawk in the grasses
Title: Fledgling Red-tailed Hawk in the grasses
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/30/2017
Red-tailed Hawk fledgling getting its balance
Title: Red-tailed Hawk fledgling getting its balance
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/30/2017
Fledgling Red-tailed Hawk siblings on the ground
Title: Fledgling Red-tailed Hawk siblings on the ground
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/30/2017