Red-Tailed Hawk Photographed With Prey

The Bermuda Audubon Society posted this photograph taken yesterday [Apr. 20] at Ely’s Harbour by Heather Conyers at its Facebook page, the first to show a Red-tailed Hawk with prey [probably a feral pigeon].

“Two Red-tailed Hawks have been in Bermuda for over 10 years,” said Audubon Society president Andrew Dobson. “They have based themselves on Morgan’s Point but are amazingly elusive. They do wander to other areas, especially the Hamilton Harbour islands.”

“National Geographic” describes the birds as North America’s most common hawks. They are found all over the continent, throughout Central America, and in the West Indies.

Red-tailed hawks are known for their brick-coloured tails, but there are 14 subspecies of various colourations, and not all of them have this characteristic.

“These birds of prey are also known as buzzard hawks and red hawks,” says “National Geographic”. ” … By any name, they are keen-eyed and efficient hunters.

“Red-tails prefer open areas, such as fields or deserts, with high perching places nearby from which they can watch for prey.”

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