![Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)](p-rt/DSC_24662a.jpg)
Red-tailed Hawk adult on pole: note tail is brick-red above |
![Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)](p-rt/DSC_24663a.jpg)
Same bird taking flight from pole: note tail is dull-red below |
![Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)](p-rt/DSC_21955a.jpg)
Note the white front |
![Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)](p-rt/DSC_14609a.jpg)
Note dark belly-band |
![Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)](p-rt/DSC_12479a.jpg)
Even in pale hawks, notice the belly band and a dark head |
![Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)](p-rt/DSC_11885a.jpg)
Dark Red-tailed Hawk: note dark belly-band |
![Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)](p-rt/DSC_24444a.jpg)
Red-tailed Hawk in a rehab facility, Homosassa Springs, Florida |
![Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)](p-rt/DSC_11969a.jpg)
Note mottled pattern on the back |
![Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)](p-rt/DSC_13383a.jpg)
Somebody is not happy to see me. |
![Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)](p-rt/DSC_18761a.jpg)
Red-tailed Hawk on a red, sandstone cliff in Utah |
![Red-tailed Hawk](p-rt/DSC_21957a.jpg)
Red-tailed Hawk adult: notice brick-red on upper tail surface |
![Red-tailed Hawk](p-rt/DSC_21958a.jpg)
Red-tailed Hawk adult: notice brick-red on upper tail surface |
![Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)](p-rt/DSC_01240a.jpg)
Red-tailed Hawk on soaring flight |
![Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)](p-rt/DSC_02037a.jpg)
Red-tailed Hawk in flight |
![Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)](p-rt/DSC_17152a.jpg)
Red-tailed Hawk in flight |
![Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)](p-rt/DSC_21956a.jpg)
Red-tailed Hawk adult taking flight |
![Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)](p-rt/DSC_17186a.jpg)
Red-tailed Hawk juvenile with mottled pattern on the back |
![Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)](p-rt/DSC_17151a.jpg)
Red-tailed Hawk juvenile taking flight |
![Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)](p-rt/DSC_11447a.jpg)
Those are some serious hawk toes! |
![Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)](p-rt/DSC_11970a.jpg)
Red-tailed Hawk juvenile |
![Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)](p-rt/DSC_21967a.jpg)
Pair of Red-tailed Hawks |
![Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)](p-rt/DSC_12955a.jpg)
Common Ravens harassing a Red-tailed Hawk |
![Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)](p-rt/DSC_28717a.jpg)
American Kestrel male drives Red-tailed Hawk from nest |
![Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)](p-rt/DSC_28718a.jpg)
American Kestrel male drives Red-tailed Hawk from nest |
![Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)](p-rt/DSC_18760a.jpg)
Red-tailed Hawk on a red, sandstone cliff in Utah |
![Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)](p-rt/DSC_17156a.jpg)
Red-tailed Hawk |
![Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)](p-rt/DSC_04141a.jpg)
Red-tailed Hawk in a Joshua Tree |
![Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)](p-rt/DSC_04145a.jpg)
Stately Red-tailed Hawk standing in a Joshua Tree |
![Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)](p-rt/DSC_19813a.jpg)
Red-tailed Hawk stick nest on ledge |
![Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)](p-rt/DSC_14374a.jpg)
1. On the ground |
![Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)](p-rt/DSC_14375a.jpg)
2. Taking flight |
![Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)](p-rt/DSC_14376a.jpg)
3. Notice the curl in the wing tips |
![Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)](p-rt/DSC_14377a.jpg)
4. Broad wing with banding |
![Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)](p-rt/DSC_14378a.jpg)
5. Heading for the skies |