Tag: Red-tailed hawk
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The Red-tailed Hawk, a Welcome Winter Visitor
by M. Kathy Raines A vanilla chest rippled with chocolate and an intense glare alerted me to this red-tailed hawk scrutinizing mesquite and yucca-dotted grasslands—and, incidentally, bicyclists and joggers— from a 60-foot pole along Brownsville’s bike trail this November. Now I see it here often, as I did last winter. Could this be the selfsame…
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Visiting raptors highlight Valley winter skies
January 2, 2021, McAllen Monitor, Story and photos by Anita Westervelt Kettles of Vultures swirl in the distant sky while magnificent solitary hawks swoop from their perch.