Hawks

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BIRDS



Birds of Prey
EaglesFalconsHawksOspreyOwls


Waterfowl
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Near Shore Birds
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Galliforms
GrousePheasantsTurkeys


Corvids
CrowsJays


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BlackbirdsCardinalsChickadeesCreepersCuckoosDovesFinchesGrosbeaksGullsHummingbirdsKingletsLarksNight JarsNuthatchesOriolesPigeonsPipitsShrikeSparrowsStarlingsSwiftsSwallowsTernsTanagersThrashersThrushesTitmiceTowheesTyrant FlycatchersWarblersWaxwingsWoodpeckersWrensVireoVultures

Hawks, like Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Owls, are birds of prey.

Northern Harrier

(Circus Hudsonius)
Medium-sized hawk with long tail and thin wings. Flies with wings held in a V-shape, low over open fields and marshes, listening for rodents lurking below. Distinctive foraging behavior and conspicuous white patch on rump in all plumage's. Females and immature s are warm brown. Adult males gray above and whitish below with black wingtips.


Northern Harrier (Circus Hudsonius) - © Ken Czworka

Sharp-Shinned Hawk

(Accipiter striatus)

Sharp-Shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) - © David Malak

Coopers Hawk

(Accipiter cooperii)

Northern Goshawk

(Accipiter gentilis)

Red-Shouldered Hawk

(Buteo lineatus)

Broad-Winged Hawk

(Buteo platypterus)

Red-Tailed Hawk

(Buteo jamaicensis)

Red-Tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) - © David Malak
Red-Tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) - © David Malak

Rough-Legged Hawk

(Buteo lagopus)

Sharp-Shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) - © David Malak
Broad-Winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) - © David Malak
Red-Tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) - © David Malak