red-shouldered hawk

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus lineatus)

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus lineatus).

Nice of this red-shouldered hawk to fly over my camera. (lifer)

Red-shouldered Hawks (Buteo lineatus lineatus) female with a freshwater mussel.

Red-shouldered Hawks (Buteo lineatus lineatus) female (left) male (right) based solely on size. The male collected a freshwater mussel (Unionidae) from the creek below and landed a few meters behind the berm. The female immediately came down from a nearby tree and took it and flew off towards...

This pair, with the male on the left, had just mated on this snag, and then sat beside each other for a few minutes...which made for a lucky opportunity to catch them together

A mated pair of Red-shouldered Hawks does a food exchange in Hendersonville, North Carolina. Not visible in the photo but the hawk on the left had a rodent under his/her talons and was vocalizing. The hawk on the right flew in and took the rodent. This is a medium sized hawk, broad wings and...

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus lineatus).

A pair of red-shouldered hawks has built a nest right over a trail in one of our local wetlands - the male was hanging nearby having just fed the female (the remains of the snake meal are on the branch to his right), and was standing guard on a tree across the way.

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus lineatus) Leaving the creek with its crayfish catch.

Red-shouldered Hawk

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus lineatus) It had just caught a Crayfish from the creek.

Sitting up on a dead tree trunk, on lookout over the wetlands

Red Shouldered Hawk

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus lineatus) with a Rough Earth Snake (Haldea striatula: Colubridae).

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus lineatus) 1st yr bird.

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus lineatus) Perched in a green ash. Notice the feathers below its left foot. That is all that remains of a yellow-rumped warbler that it caught in flight. It ate feathers, bill, feet, bones, etc all within three minutes.

This hawk rather sit and wait for its prey below rather than soar from above.

This hawk posed for me for about a minute on the fence. I laid flat on the ground to try not to scare it away, and it worked for a little while. Not the best composition with the fence, but the bird is close enough that traits are clear. I will include a close up on the next picture with the...

Taken at the Corkscrew Crew.

I think this is a first year bird that I captured at the Corkscrew CREW, Naples, Florida.

Taken at Freedom Park, Naples, Florida.

The same species but not the same bird.

Taken at Freedom Park. This place is actually the cities recycled water facility. It has many ponds and a boardwalk through a cypress swamp.