They make a loud cack-cack-cack-cack call. They are medium-sized, between the size of a crow and a swan with a strongly banded tail. Red-shouldered Hawks are distinctly marked, with dark and white checkered wings and reddish barring on the breast. They are the second most frequently spotted hawks in Alabama in winter and appear in over 8% of checklists. Red-shouldered Hawks are the most frequently spotted hawks in summer and appear in 6% of checklists. They lay 2-3 whitish, brown-spotted eggs. Nests are high in tall trees, cliff ledges, and sometimes on tall buildings or towers. Red-tailed Hawks remain resident in the US and Mexico, but those birds in Alaska, Canada, and the northern Great Plains fly south for winter.
Accessible at The high-pitched descending raspy-screech sound of the Red-tailed Hawk is often used in movies for all birds of prey. Red-tailed Hawk Call: Credit: Phoenix Birder, XC493105. You can also see them perched on telephone poles. They are also the easiest to spot, often on long car journeys, as they circle slowly over open fields looking for prey such as small mammals, birds, and reptiles. Most Red-tailed Hawks are brown on the back and pale underneath. They are large, with broad, rounded wings. In summer, they are in 6% of checklists.Īs their name suggests, Red-tailed Hawks have a distinctive short, wide red tail. In winter, Red-tailed Hawks are the most frequently spotted hawks in Alabama and appear in 13% of checklists submitted by bird watchers for the state. Hawks that are more common in summer in Alabama include the Broad-winged Hawk, and hawks that are more common in winter are Red-shouldered Hawk and Red-tailed Hawks. Some of these birds migrate, and some remain all year, and this information is included for each species.
This guide will help you identify the species of hawks in Alabama according to avibase and ordered by the number of sighting recorded on ebird. If you enjoy finding out about birds of prey in Alabama then you should check out all the eagles and vultures you can spot here. To find Hawks head to woodland for the smaller hawks such as the Sharp-shinned Hawk and Cooper’s Hawk or open grassland, marshes, or high ridges for the larger species. There are 8 species of hawks recognized on state checklists as regularly occurring in Alabama, and 3 additional species are considered rare or accidental. Hawks are birds of prey and hunt and eat birds and small mammals, snakes, and frogs. They can see ultraviolet light, which helps them hunt down their prey.
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