Buteos

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The Bueto is one of the most common birds in the Americas. The reason for this is the birds that fall into this catagory, mainly the Red-tailed Hawk as it is one of the most populated birds in the Americas. The birds that fall into the Buteo grouping are, the red tailed hawk, the Red-shouldered hawk, Rough-Legged hawk, Broad winged hawk, Swainson's hawk and the Ferruginous hawk.

There are three main Bueto's They are The Red tailed hawk, The Red-shouldered hawk, and The Broad Winged hawk.

Here are also some nice links for Buteo Information:http://www.peregrinefund.org/explore_raptors/hawks/buteos.html http://www.sfgate.com/getoutside/1996/sep/raptorid.html http://theraptortrust.org/the-birds/hawk-facts/buteos/

=The Red Tailed Hawk=

This is probably the most common hawk in North America. If you’ve got sharp eyes you’ll see several individuals on almost any long car ride, anywhere. Red-tailed Hawks soar above open fields, slowly turning circles on their broad, rounded wings. Other times you’ll see them atop telephone poles, eyes fixed on the ground to catch the movements of a vole or a rabbit, or simply waiting out cold weather before climbing a thermal updraft into the sky. The diet of this magnificant animal contains small to medium sized animals such as Mice, Ground Squirels, Jackrabbits, other birds and varius reptiles. Also when "reproducing" this animal lays 1-5 eggs at a time. In conclusion the Red Tailed hawk is a truly amazing animal and never ceases to suprise me.

=The Red-Shouldered Hawk=

This bird is a small among the Buteos yet is still quite amazing. The Red-Shouldered hawk unlike its cousand the Red-Tailed hawk primarily eats small mamals, reptiles, amphibians, birds and insects. The size of this bird in tearms of wing span reaches out to 3-3 1/2 feet long, and is 15-19 inches in length. In the winter this bird can be found in the southern tip Texas and the and the Eastern side of Mexico, during the summer (breeding season) they will be found in the North-Eastern part of the united states stretching from the top half of Michigan to the very tip of main and down to the bottom of West-Verginia. The year round position of this bird in the south-eastern half of the U.S or Claifornia. For its reproduction cycle this bird will lay 2-5 eggs at a time which will hatch in about 45 days. As you can see despite its size the Red-Shouldered hawk is truly intreaging. =**The Broad Winged hawk**=

The Broad Winged hawk is another one of the smaller Buteo but will suprise by its enriching history. This bird is about 16 inches in length and has a 34 inch wingspan. Another suprising thing about this bird is (as said before) its wonderful history, I say this because it really began the whole entire bird watching phenomenon, this is because many people would gather around just to watch this birds amazing migration pattern. This is because if the distance travleled and the areas traveled over. An example of this is how it flies over the Appalacian ridges from new England down to South America. The diet of this bird contains small mamals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and insects. Overall the broad winged hawk is truly amazing.

=﻿Our experience:= During the day we went on our trip to hawk mountain (October 1st) we encountered 8 Red-Tailed hawks, 16 Broad-Winged hawks and but sadly 00 Red-Shouldered hawks. =﻿=

=The conclusion= In conclusion the Red-Tailed hawk, Broad winged hawk and Red-shouldered hawk are 3 truly amazing animals.