The Red Shouldered Sentry

Very few can strike such an imposing pose, the Red-shouldered Hawk has it down to a science. They can’t do cute.

The red-shouldered hawk is a medium-sized hawk. Its breeding range spans eastern North America and along the coast of California and northern to northeastern-central Mexico. It is a permanent resident throughout most of its range, though northern birds do migrate, mostly to central Mexico. The main conservation threat to the widespread species is deforestation.