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Red Shoulder Hawk
Buteo lineatus
Description:
16-24 inches long. wingspan is just over 3 feet. White barring on dark wings
and rusty colored shoulders. Underparts are pale and barred with rust and they
have a narrowly banded tail.
Range:
North America from southern Canada to Florida, west to the Great Plains. Also
found in California. 
Habitat: Prefers deciduous woodlands, especially where there is standing water.
Diet: Rodents, skunks, birds, lizards, turtles, frogs, snakes, salamanders, grasshoppers, spiders and earthworms.
Nest: 2-4 dull white, blotched eggs are laid in a nest built of sticks, twigs, bark, moss and lichen. Often uses nests of previous years. Both parents incubate the eggs for ~28 days.
General Information: Top flight speed is 34 m.p.h. Females are larger than the males.