Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis

Abundance: Common
Season: Year round
Habitat: Seen most often in flight; Upland
Breeding status: Breeds at or near Upper Newport Bay

Slide #16.06.148 - Adult, light morph, in flight (Jul 11). Photograph © James R. Gallagher. Original available from the Sea and Sage Audubon Library of Nature.

Slide #16.06.100 - Adult, dark morph, in flight (Sep 30). Photograph © James R. Gallagher. Original available from the Sea and Sage Audubon Library of Nature.

Slide #16.06.63 - Adult, rufous morph, in flight (Jan 9). Photograph © James R. Gallagher. Original available from the Sea and Sage Audubon Library of Nature.

Adult in flight. Photograph © Russ Kerr.

Slide #16.06.106 - 1st year, light morph, in flight (Mar 11). Photograph © James R. Gallagher. Original available from the Sea and Sage Audubon Library of Nature.

Juvenile in flight. Photograph © Russ Kerr.