A common hawk of wet deciduous woodlands ... The primaries are barred or checkered black and white, the dark tail has 3 white bands. Underparts are rufous with white barring.

Perched, it has a brown tail with dark bands, 3 bands on folded secondaries. Juvenile Cooper’s hawk can show the same overall markings, but no malar stripe; shorter, barred wings and much longer ...

When a red-tailed hawk ignores an offered meal, a variety of backyard scavengers — including blue jays, crows and even a ...