RED-SHOULDERED HAWK (Buteo lineatus)
Location: Everglades
Photo: © 2007 Jeffrey Berger
Known for aerial acrobatics, the red-shouldered hawk always gets my attention. Common throughout Florida, they live in hardwood forests adjacent to wetlands where they dine on amphibians, crayfish, and small reptiles. Populations of red-shouldered hawks have declined due to clear-cutting of forests. Listen for KEEE-a. KEEE-a. Then look around.
4 comments:
These pictures would also make great paintings.
I am so impressed with both wing span and array.
Thank You Mr. Berger
I wish I had your gear! My sons and i watched a large number of these hawks all together just a few weeks ago. I have some pictures from my poor little camera, but nothing this crisp.
Beautiful, swampcracker. I love Hawks and am glad they have made a comeback in my environmentally poisoned state...they make themselves known when I am out traveling.
(my alias is boogie-check)
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