Red-tailed Hawk
| Buteo jamaicensis | Order: Accipitriformes | Family: Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles, and Kites) |
Buteo jamaicensis
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles, and Kites)
Our most widespread hawk is a generalist in habitat and prey. Red-tailed Hawks build a new nest each year; Great Horned Owls often use old nests for raising their own young.
Laura's Published Works
Radio Programs
- Transmission Lines 2024
- Death of a New York Celebrity: Flaco the Owl 2024
- Rat Poisons: They're Even Worse Than We Thought 2021
- April Update 2021
- Spring! 2021
- October Snow! 2020
- The Birds and the Bees 2020
- Podcast Extra: The Curious Adventures of Max the Maggot 2019
- Spring Update: Eagles, Hawks, Magpies, and a Most Cooperative Robin 2019
- Transitions 2018
- How Lisa Found Childlike Delight through Photography 2018
- Live from KUMD 2018
- High Plains Snow Goose Festival 2017
- Mornings in a Sharp-tailed Grouse Observation Blind 2016
- The Cruelty of an April Wind 2016
- A Birder's Guide to the Social Graces 2016
- Oldest Wild Birds 2014
- Amorphous Nature 2014
- Review: Smart Phone Apps 2014
- Birding in Madison, Wisconsin 2013
- Book Review: Hawks in Flight, Second Edition 2012
- They Shoot Hawks, Don't They? 2012
- Cornell's Red-tailed Hawk Nest Cam 2012
- Bald Eagle Migration: 2012 2012
- A Perfect Day 2010
- Baby-Proofing the World of Birds 2009
- Fun Morning in Sapsucker Woods 2008
- Sapsucker Woods 2008
- Stephen Colbert's Bears 2007
- Duluth Audubon Field Trip! 2007
- Mexico! 2006
- Street Patrol 2006
- Spring Advancing 2006 2006
- Christmas Bird Count 2005 2005
- Watching Hawks 2005
- This Winter 2005
- Great Gray Owl Feeding Behaviors 2005
- Birds in the News 2004
- Pale Male Controvery 2004
- West Nile Virus: Crows dealing with grief 2004
- News from the Milwaukee Humane Society 2004
- April is the cruelest month 2004
- Spring Is Coming! 2004
- Record-breaking Day at Hawk Ridge 2003
- Home from Ohio 2003
- Leaves 2002
- Hawk Stories 2002
- Mona Rutgers dealing with West Nile Virus. 2002
- Roadside Birding 2002
- Cruisin' with Spring 2002
- Flying 2001
- Bonza Bottler Day: Headed to Costa Rica! 2001
- Gluttony 2000
- John Oberholtzer Poem for All Souls Day 2000
- Adjusting to Less 2000
- Poisoned Birds 1999
- Vulture Chow 1999
- A Perfect Fall Day 1998
- Bald Eagles 1996
- Hawk Ridge Weekend 1996
- Book Review: The Wind Masters 1995
- Searching for the Elusive Groove-billed Ani 1995
- Hawk Ridge 1995
- Turkey Vultures 1995
- Fred the Nighthawk 1994
- Red-tailed Hawk in a Bathtub 1994
- Varied Thrush 1993
- Gluttony 1992
- Varied Thrush 1992
- Hawk Counting 1992
- Big Day 1992 1992
- Birding along I-35 1991
- Eagle Flight 1989
- Mobbing and Piracy 1989
- Hawk Ridge Weekend 1989
- Hawk Ridge 1989
- Eggs 1989
- Wild Eider Chase 1988
- Birds and Housework 1988
- Hawk Ridge Weekend 1988 1988
- Martin Luther King, Jr. 1988
- Bird Gluttons (Remastered for 1987) 1987
- Hawk Ridge Weekend 1987, Part II 1987
- Port Wing Blue Jay Hater's Birthday 1987
- 1-year Anniversary of For the Birds 1987
- More arrivals: migration update 1987
- Bird Gluttons: Original 1986
- Broad-winged Hawk 1986
- Questions about Birds 1986
Books
- Am I Like You? 2016
- ABA Field Guide to Birds of Minnesota 2016
- Identifying Birds of Prey 2016
- Into the Nest: Intimate Views of the Courting, Parenting and Family Lives of Birds 2015
- National Geographic Pocket Guide: Birds of North America 2013
- Hawk Ridge: Minnesota's Birds of Prey 2012
- The Curious Adventures of Max the Maggot 2012