Red-tailed Hawk
The Red-Tailed Hawk is one of America’s top predators, and is the most common hawk in America. These hawks have great eye sight and can spot a mouse from 100 feet in the air. Named for their “brick-red” colored tail, the Red-Tailed Hawk is very territorial and inhabits a wide variety of territory including deserts, plains, grasslands, farm fields, patchy woodlands, and tropical rainforests. In order to hunt, their territory must have high perches for them to sit.
Our hawk is female. She is believed to have been born around 2001. Most of her left wing was amputated due to an unknown injury as a juvenile. Due to this injury, she is unable to fly or hunt successfully in the wild and came to live at the River Museum. She has adapted to hopping from perch to perch in her enclosure, and enjoys tearing apart enrichment items given to her by her keepers!
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