Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)

An adult Red-shouldered Hawk in Howard Co., Maryland (1/23/2011). Photo by Bill Hubick.

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.

An adult Red-shouldered Hawk in Howard Co., Maryland (1/23/2011). Photo by Bill Hubick.

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).

A Red-shouldered Hawk - a juvenile of the coastal/California subspecies - at Lands End, California (9/23/2010). Photo by Bill Hubick.

Florida subspecies

Below: A pale Red-shouldered Hawk (Florida subspecies) at Green Cay Wetlands, Florida (2/26/2010).

A pale Red-shouldered Hawk (Florida subspecies) at Green Cay Wetlands, Florida (2/26/2010). Photo by Bill Hubick.

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.


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