Hawk (Red Tailed)

The Red-Tailed Hawk is about 19-23 inches long. It weighs about 2.5 pounds with a wingspan to 4.5 feet. The plumage (feathers) varies a bit, but is generally brown to grey brown with paler markings, and with a white chest. The tail feathers are red-brown with a square-cut.

The Red-Tailed Hawk is a carnivore (a meat-eater) who often catches its prey while flying, killing it with sharp talons. The Red-Tailed Hawk's large nest is built out of sticks, bark and leaves, and is located high in a tree.

The female lays 1-5 white eggs laid at one time speckled with brown in each clutch. Both parents incubate the eggs.

  Photographed in the wild, Phoenix, AZ