Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
Above and below: An adult Red-shouldered Hawk in Howard Co., Maryland (1/23/2011).
The background color difference is from exposure changes between sunny and overcast conditions.
Below: Adult Red-shouldered Hawk near Loch Raven Reservoir, Baltimore Co., Maryland (3/5/2006).
Below: A Red-shouldered Hawk near North Point SP, Baltimore Co., Maryland (4/30/2008).
Below: An adult Red-shouldered Hawk poses momentarily near Piscataway Park, P.G. Co., Maryland (12/8/2007).
Below: A Red-shouldered Hawk vocalizing and performing a courtship flight.
California subspecies
Below: A Red-shouldered Hawk - a juvenile of the coastal/California subspecies - at Lands End, California (9/23/2010).
Florida subspecies
Below: A pale Red-shouldered Hawk (Florida subspecies) at Green Cay Wetlands, Florida (2/26/2010).
Below: Juvenile of Florida race photographed in the Everglades, Florida in February 2005.
Comments: Bottom photo taken in the White River area of Arkansas (4/2006). Photo by Bill Hubick © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.