RED+SHOULDERED+HAWK

Red Shouldered Hawk

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Diet: The red shouldered hawk is an amazing animal. The red shouldered hawk eats small mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, insects, spiders, and worms.

Lifespan/Lifecycle : The red shouldered hawk has an amazing life. The male and female mate and nest in the spring. Both parents sit on the eggs. They lay 2-6 eggs. The eggs hatch in about in 4 weeks. The young hawks begin to fly away when they are 5-6 weeks old.

Habitat : The Red Shoulder Hawk lives in the countainit called North America. They live in rivers, swamps and marshes. They also live in trees and farms. The Red shoulder Hawk makes there nests with sticks bark and other plant mateiral.

Physical Characteristics: The Red Shoulder Hawk is a big bird. It is 17 to 24 inches for it's hight. There wingspan is 32 to 50 inches. There weight is about 1 and a half pounds. It has a redish and brownish colour in it's feathers.

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Predtors/ Defense The hunter is the Red Shourlder hawks predators. The defenses is screaching and then flying away. There call is re re re.

Behavior\Special skills The Red shouldered hawk can fly the highest out of all the hawks. They sore over there pray to get it. The screech usually goes to 8 to 10 feet.

__Resources__: "Red-Shouldered Hawk." //Amazing Animals of the World®//. 2010. Grolier Online. 7 Oct. 2010 .

Red-Shouldered Hawk." //Amazing Animals of the World®//. 2010. Grolier Online. 7 Oct. 2010 .

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