Red-shouldered Hawk
The
red-shouldered hawk (B.
lineatus),
common in eastern and Pacific North America, is a reddish brown bird about 50 cm
(20 inches) long, with closely barred underparts.
The
hawk has a nest near my home and it is fun watching the young dart between the
mangrove trunks. One young hawk saw a squirrel on the trunk of a mangrove and
landed on the tree. The squirrel went to the other side of the tree. The hawk
followed. The squirrel and hawk went around the tree three times before the hawk gave
up!
1. Perched watching.
2. Juvenile perched on
our fence.
3. On the fence, he had
come down and sat on the ground for a second.
I thought he had found something, but no.
4. I do not know why he
was in the driveway,
maybe to take a drink in the puddle?
5. On my rubber tree.
6. In the mangroves.
7. On the lawn.
8. Close up.
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