{"id":13166,"date":"2019-09-30T06:12:50","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T10:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=13166"},"modified":"2019-09-27T14:43:19","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T18:43:19","slug":"take-5-red-shouldered-hawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-red-shouldered-hawks\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Red-shouldered Hawks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Throughout September, birders and raptor-lovers have kept a careful eye on the sky on warm days, looking for “kettles” of hawks, climbing slowly upward in a spiral pattern on rising thermals (warm air pockets). September is prime season for fall hawk-watching<\/a>, particularly for the Broad-winged Hawk, which is so numerous at times that hundreds or even thousands of birds have been reported in a day, but if you haven’t had a chance to get out there yet, there’s still time! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the total number of migrating hawks begins to decline after mid-September, \u00a0the variety improves by late September and early October when more of the larger, less common raptors are moving. These include the Cooper’s, Red-tailed, and today’s featured raptor, Red-shouldered Hawks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These distinctively marked beauties are typically smaller than a Red-tailed Hawk but larger than a Broad-winged Hawk. Adults have reddish banding on their breasts and black-and-white banding on their tails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These five photos have all been submitted in the past to our annual Picture This: Your Great Outdoors photo contest. Today is the last day to enter the 2019 contest<\/a>, so submit your photos now!<\/strong> You can also learn more about fall hawk-watching<\/a>, including how to gauge the best time of day and weather conditions, on our website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Red-shouldered Hawk \u00a9 Lee Millet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Red-shouldered
Red-shouldered Hawk \u00a9 Richard Alvarnaz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Red-shouldered
Red-shouldered Hawk \u00a9 Sandra Taylor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Red-shouldered
Red-shouldered Hawk \u00a9 George Brehm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Red-shouldered
Red-shouldered Hawk \u00a9 Brian Rusnica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Throughout September, birders and raptor-lovers have kept a careful eye on the sky on warm days, looking for “kettles” of hawks, climbing slowly upward in a spiral pattern on rising thermals (warm air pockets). September is prime season for fall hawk-watching, particularly for the Broad-winged Hawk, which is so numerous at times that hundreds or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":13172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[158],"tags":[60,83,84],"class_list":["post-13166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-take-5","tag-hawks","tag-photo-contest","tag-photography"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/09\/4646Brian_Rusnica25419.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-3qm","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9846,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-high-flying-hawks\/","url_meta":{"origin":13166,"position":0},"title":"Take 5: High-Flying Hawks","author":"Ryan D.","date":"September 25, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"'Tis the season...the season of fall hawk migration, that is! 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