Charlie - Red-Tailed Hawk

This is Charlie, our Red-Tailed Hawk.

He is quite old at 15 but he still manages to entertain us on the displays.

Red-Tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

The Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is a medium-sized bird of prey, one of three species colloquially known in the United States as the "chickenhawk." It breeds almost throughout North America from western Alaska and northern Canada to as far south as Panama and the West Indies, and is one of the most common buteos in North America. There are fourteen recognized subspecies, which vary in appearance and range.