. Birds of New York . .5-9-5; tarsus ; middle toe ; weight 2-3 pounds. Distribution. The Red-shouldered hawk inhabits eastern NorthAmerica from Manitoba and Nova Scotia southward to Oklahoma andNorth Carolina, moving slightly southward in winter as far as the Gulfcoast. In New York it is a permanent resident in the warmer portionsof the State and may be found sparingly in winter throughout centraland western New York. It is common during the spring and fall migrations. 84 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM especially during March and October, and breeds commonly in all partsof the State, except th
. Birds of New York . .5-9-5; tarsus ; middle toe ; weight 2-3 pounds. Distribution. The Red-shouldered hawk inhabits eastern NorthAmerica from Manitoba and Nova Scotia southward to Oklahoma andNorth Carolina, moving slightly southward in winter as far as the Gulfcoast. In New York it is a permanent resident in the warmer portionsof the State and may be found sparingly in winter throughout centraland western New York. It is common during the spring and fall migrations. 84 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM especially during March and October, and breeds commonly in all partsof the State, except the Adirondack wilderness, where it is largely replacedby the Broad-winged hawk. In the more thickly inhabited counties it iscommoner than the Red-tail. Habits. This bird is probably the commonest large hawk in thesouthern, central and western counties of New York, where most of theoriginal forests have been cleared away and small patches of woodlandhave been left standing along the streams and in swampy tracts. In such. Photo by Verdi Burtch Red-shouldered hawks nest and eggs localities it is often seen in spring, summer and early fall soaring aboutover its chosen haunts after the manner of the so-called Hen hawks,uttering its shrill kee-you, kee-you, kee-you as it soars upward above thetree-tops, but becoming silent as it reaches a higher altitude, and mountinghigher and higher, perhaps accompanied by its mate, almost disappearsfrom view in the upper air. It is less powerful than the Red-tail and itsquarry is of a humbler nature, consisting almost entirely of mice, frogs,snakes, insects, spiders and crayfish. This species keeps more under coverof the forest than the Red-tail and though it watches for its prey from BIRDS OF NEW YORK 85 a lofty perch it is less often observed seated upon dead tree-tops and stubsin the open, or on the towering hillside. In the breeding season it is per-haps our noisiest hawk, its oft-repeated cry coming many times each dayfrom the vicinity of the
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