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Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
This medium sized bird of prey uses it keen eyesight (eyes like a hawk!) to locate prey (rabbits, squirrels, mice, rats, birds, etc.) usually from a lofty vantage point such as the top of a fence post, telephone pole, or tree. When it flies down, it catches the prey with its sharp talons, grasps the animal and flies to a safe location to tear it apart with its hooked beak. Like owls, the hawk cannot digest hair and bones so it will cough up a pellet. When you dissect a hawk pellet, you can compare the bones in the pellets to find what kind of animals the hawk is eating. |
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