If you're a birder, you'll know what a life list is. It's basically a list of all the bird species one has observed and positively ID'd in one's lifetime. This blog is a record of my "critter" life list (mostly of birds), including photos I've taken over the years, some of the actual lifer if I was lucky enough to get the shot. Don't expect National Geographic quality stuff here, just the work of an amateur photog who loves to trudge out into nature.

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Red-Shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)


3/31/07 Flying over our property, La Cresta, Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA

 12/13/12 Kyle Court, La Cresta, Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA

1/17/05 Red-shouldered Hawk with some good eats up on eucalyptus tree. Marina parking lot, Morro Bay State Park, San Luis Obispo County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Red-shouldered Hawk

SPECIES: Buteo lineatus 

LIFE LIST DATE1/20/2002

LOCATION: 1 perched on a road sign off of Davis Road, San Jacinto Wildlife Area, Riverside County, CA

From Stokes Field Guide to Birds-Western Region & Kaufman Focus Guide-Birds of North America:

HABITAT/BEHAVIOR: A forest hawk, usually uncommon in the northeast, can be common in Florida and California. Noisy, often heard before it is seen. 

IDENTIFYING MARKS: 17"; In flight: all plumages, a long-tailed long-winged hawk with thin crescent-shaped wing windows parallel to the dark tips of the wings. May alternate flaps with glides like an accipiter. Adult: tail has 3-4 thin white bands between the wide black bands. Perched-adult: cinnamon breast; reddish shoulders; bold white spots on dark wings.

VOICE: A down-slurred scream often given in a series during displays near nest. 

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