Young Red-Tailed Hawk I

A very large bird visits our deck. After googling around, we thought it was a broad-winged hawk, but the consensus of my well-informed viewers is that it's a juvenile red-tailed hawk (thanks to all who commented!). I'm sorry I couldn't show its talons in the video--they were yellow, huge, and very fearsome.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• bird
• hawk
• broad-winged
• red-tailed
• juvenile

[ashlanas]

I am a wildlife rehabber...I am pretty sure that is a juvenille red tail hawk.

[cetm2000]

@ashlanas Thank you! That seems to be the consensus, so I've updated the video description.

[acousticmedley]

thats a massive hawk!

[snitcherpup]

Young Redtail hawk

[fangs0of0danu]

I'm not an expert on birds but it sounds like a red-shouldered hawk, and red-shouldered hawks are similar to broad-winged hawks.

:)

[vardamin]

the call of a broad winged hawk is best described as a thin whistle. It is easy to identify. That might be a juvenile broad winged hawk. Juvenile raptons squak like that (get's their folks attention). And juvenile birds are often seen hanging out. It's not a sea gull.