Red Tail Hawk

Right before leaving my Post at school, I had a visitor. I was so hoping that I could get a picture before he (or she) was on his (or her) way. I also over heard a parent telling about when the hawk took a squirrel. That would have been neat to see.

Curious Facts

• Hawks are carnivores (meat eaters) who belong to the category of birds known as raptors.
• The Red-tailed Hawk is the most common member of the buzzard hawk family.
• The eyesight of a hawk is 8 times as powerful as a human's.
• Like all hawks, the Red-tailed Hawk's talons are its main weapons.
• The Red-tailed Hawk has hoarse and rasping 2- to3-second scream that is most commonly heard while soaring.
• 85 to 90 % of the Red-tailed Hawk's diet is composed of small rodents.

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