Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
(L18" WS 48" Wt 2.4 lb)
Probably the most common
hawk in No. Amer...often seen
on long car rides anywhere.
Morton Arboretum
Lisle
28Feb10
Columbus Park, Chicago
6Oct10
juvenile
A hawk kills because it is his nature; a
man because it is his pleasure.
      ( Proverb)
light morph