Red-tailed Hawk*
Buteo jamaicensis
(L18" WS 48" Wt 2.4 lb)
Spectacular in the air...can
soar to great heights.
soar to great heights.
Pennsylvania one year (before 1940)
paid out $90,000 in bounties for the
killing of 130,000 owls and hawks.
paid out $90,000 in bounties for the
killing of 130,000 owls and hawks.
(Bill Bryson)
*Southwestern variant
Bosque del Apache
Nat’l Wildlife Refuge
Nat’l Wildlife Refuge
New Mexico
08Mar2012
Sandia Peak
New Mexico
12Mar2012