buteos



 [|Facts about all buteos]
 * ====== Buteos range from medium to fairly large ======
 * ====== They have robust bodies and large wings ======
 * ====== They travel alone ======
 * ====== Buteos comes from the Latin way of saying common buzzard ======
 * Can be identified by their unique fan like tail.
 * Also they have broad rounded wings
 * Buteos generally soar in thermals (updraft with heat using it because it rises) so they don't have to put much effort into it

Buteo Facts
 * An example of a Buteos is a Swainson's Hawk (Above)
 * Like most hawks and Buteos the Swainson's Hawk has a dark top and a lighter belly and wings
 * This camouflages them when they are being looked up upon and does the same when being looke down upon

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 * I (Marco) had a red-tailed hawk living on my balcony in Boston.
 * Last year in fifth grade we watched a red-tailed devour a grey squirrel that inhabited a tree at our school.
 * An interesting fun fact is that they are New Jersey's largest bird of prey
 * Very Sharp claws in order to catch prey
 * Prey
 * Squirrel
 * Fish
 * Rabbit
 * Rodents

Broad Wing Hawk.


Broad Winged Hawk Facts
 * At my house (Jake) their are a lot of birds of prey
 * One time I was in my backyard and I saw a Broad Wing swoop down and eat a field mouse.
 * Broad wings migrate all the way down to south america. But in breeding periods they live on the east side of the US and year round they live in Cuba.
 * [|harris hawk facts]
 * The Harris hawk is another species of the Buteo family
 * It has rust color wings
 * Its main color is black for stealth (keeping hidden)
 * Harris hawks travel in hunting packs like wolves
 * Harris Hawks sit on Cactus and sometimes stack on each other to make room
 * This is another buteo call a red shouldered hawk.
 * In this picture it is grabbing a mid day snack of mouse.
 * This is a rough legged hawk as it just lifts itself up off the ground
 * it is about 5 ft off of the ground
 * this bird of prey is named after it very bumpy legs


 * Don't be fooled, some birds that aren't Butoes like this one fan out their tail when landing for balance
 * This is a female American Kestrel fanning it's tail for balance while landing