Male and female red-shouldered hawks look nearly identical but on average, the females tend to be larger than the males. This medium-sized species has an average wingspan of 37 to 42 inches.

The red-shouldered hawk is slightly smaller and tends to stay in or close to bottomland hardwood forests and swamps. While fishing you may hear a red-tailed hawk's loud "Kee ...

Normally when I go out to capture an animal in distress, I must rely on myself. Calls rarely come in when several people are available to help in the capture. One such case was years ago; I was ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A red-shouldered hawk was rescued after it was trapped in a net at Topgolf in Overland Park. The Overland Park Police Department says the federally protected hawk was caught ...

After deforestations in the early 1900s, red-shouldered hawks became less common, but they aren't unseen in central Ohio.

A red-shouldered hawk nest was discovered in a Worthington resident's honey locust tree. Before European settlement, when 95% of Ohio was blanketed in forests, red-shouldered hawks were common.

Red-shouldered hawks are gorgeous medium-sized, solid birds, smaller than a red-tailed but bigger than a broad-winged hawk. They are colorful, with dark-and-white checkered wings, warm reddish ...

Red-Shouldered Hawks. Though red-shouldered hawks are more likely to hunt from perches than from a flying position, they are less likely to hunt other birds and raid nests.

Red-shouldered hawks are large birds. Their wingspan is three to nearly four feet, and their head-to-tail tip length is seventeen inches to two feet, although they weigh less than 2 pounds.