Morton Arboretum
Lisle
07May2007
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
(L18" WS 48" Wt 2.4 lb)
Attack with a slow, controlled
swoop with legs outstretched
...unlike the dive of a falcon.
swoop with legs outstretched
...unlike the dive of a falcon.
Columbus Park
Chicago
01Sept2011
juvenile
© Leonard J.
Peyton
Peyton
Macaulay
Library
Library
Buteo in Latin means buzzard;
jamaicensis is after the island
of Jamaica.
jamaicensis is after the island
of Jamaica.
© BirdNote,
Frances Wood
I am but mad north-north-west:
when the wind is southerly I know
a hawk from a handsaw.
when the wind is southerly I know
a hawk from a handsaw.
(Hamlet, Prince of Denmark)