Buteos

Some Buteos are the broad-winged hawk, the red-shouldered hawk, the red-tailed hawk, and the rough-legged hawk. For the red-tailed hawk, rough-legged hawk, and the red-shouldered hawk, the main migration time is from early October to early November. The broad-wing hawk normally migrates in early to mid September.

=﻿Broad Wing Hawk= ==﻿The broadwing hawk has a stout, stocky, medium size body, with broad, pale wings black at the tips. They have wide, fanned tails, usually black and white striped. They have a white underbelly and a brown or black head.== = = = Size = Length 13.4-17.3in. Weight 9.3-19.8oz. Wingspan 31.9-39.4in. = ﻿ = = Habitat = Winter/Migratory Home Tropical forest. Regular Habitat/Breeding Ground Deciduous forest.

= Diet = Small mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. Larger insects.

=**Facts on Broad Wing Hawk** =

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Broad-winged_Hawk/lifehistory

=** Broad Wing Hawk Video ** = 

The Red-Tailed Hawk This hawk likes to fly in circles with there braod wings over open fields. There diet is mostly mammals and some outher birds. Sometimes they will also steal food from other speicies. There habit is mostlty open lands such as deserts, scrublands, and grasslands. Red Tailed hawks are mostl found in North America, Central America and the western Indies. They nest in tall trees in the crowns of there trees. They are quite aggressive when comes to gaurding there nest and there hatchlings. During are hike we saw about 2 to 3 Red Tailed hawks during the time we were at the river of rocks. Overall, we saw 4 Red Tailed hawks on are trip. During one of are soccer games in late September we saw a Red Tailed hawk roamin around the soccer feild.

The rough-legged hawk has a wingspan of 4 - 4 1/2 feet. It weighs about 1 1/2 - 3 pounds. It has a body length of 18 - 23 inches. Habitat During the summer, the rough-legged hawk spends its time in the extreme northern taiga. It spends its winter in lowlands near prairies, marshes, and agricultural areas in lower North America and Eurasia. Diet The rough-legged hawk will mainly eat lemmings and voles, though it will also eat smaller birds and smaller mammals. Interesting facts
 * The Rough-Legged Hawk**
 * Size **
 * Male chick develops quicker then the female chick.
 * Most arctic bird of prey
 * Differ from light to dark
 * Males and females normally have different color patterns

September: Broad-wing hawk October: Red-Shouldered hawk, Red-tailed hawk, Rough-legged hawk November: Rough-legged hawk media type="youtube" key="szPGUk6GpKI" width="189" height="157"media type="youtube" key="j5ERbGD20d8" width="188" height="156"

=http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-shouldered_Hawk/lifehistory=

RED SHOULDERED HAWK

A common forest-dwelling hawk of the East and California, the Red-shouldered Hawk favors woodlands near water. It is perhaps the most vocal American hawk.

Description

Males are 43 to 58 cm (17 to 23 in) long, weigh about 550 g (1.2 lbs) and have a wingspan of 96 cm (38 in). Females are slightly larger at 48 to 61 cm (19 to 24 in) in length, a weight of about 700 g (1.5 lbs), and a wingspan of about 105 cm (42 in). Adults have a brownish head, a reddish chest, and a pale belly with reddish bars. Their tail, which is quite long by //[|Buteo]// standards, is marked with narrow white bars. The red "shoulder" is visible when the bird is perched