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Everglades National Park Photo © |
| Red-shoulder
Hawk |
| Buteo lineatus |
| Gulf Coast to
Minnesota and East |
| 2 or 3 Brown
Spotted white eggs in large mass of twigs and leaves (see below) |
| Woodlands
especially near standing water |
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Red Shoulder Hawks will usually nest 20 to 60
feet up a tree. They are frequently found in lowland areas in or near bogs
or swamps, where they prefer to eat snakes and frogs. However they will eat
small mammals or insects.
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Photo Todd Ratermann © |
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