How to Use red-tailed hawk in a Sentence

red-tailed hawk

noun
  • The trail, which is named for the O’odham word for red-tailed hawk, progresses in three distinct episodes.
    — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 2022-01-14
  • And an even more amazing capture by this red-tailed hawk getting ready to eat an invasive iguana.
    — Tiffini Theisen, orlandosentinel.com, 2022-03-22
  • Too, this little pea-less whistle does a damn fine job with the bobwhite quail, as well as the aforementioned red-tailed hawk.
    — M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 2023-01-23
  • The red-tailed hawk, whose X-ray had revealed a dozen buckshots, was also healing, although its wing would need more time.
    — Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 2021-11-15
  • If Pale Male did live past 30, his life was one of the longest ever recorded for a red-tailed hawk.
    — Karen Matthews, Fortune, 2023-05-17
  • Watch for raptors like the Peregrine falcon, bald eagle, red-tailed hawk and those goshawks that Edge fought so hard to protect.
    — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian Magazine, 2020-06-29
  • During construction, the project was temporarily stalled when crews found a red-tailed hawk nest on top of a light pole, according to the city.
    — Teri Webster, Dallas News, 2020-10-13
  • On this New Year’s Day, the present was filled with a cloudless sky and a beautiful red-tailed hawk floating overhead.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2022-01-09
  • Lilly found that the squirrels became more vigilant after hearing the cry of the red-tail hawk—freezing, fleeing, or looking up.
    — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 2019-09-07
  • His interests turned to falconry and keeping birds of prey: a red-tailed hawk, a Cooper’s hawk, an American kestrel.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 2021-11-04
  • It was likely initially brought as prey for the eaglet already in the nest, but the eagles began to raise it as their own young, with a second red-tailed hawk joining the nest later.
    — Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 2023-06-20
  • Alan can tell a red-tailed hawk from a sharp-shinned one, having been dragged as a child every spring to the southern shore of Lake Ontario to watch raptors migrate north.
    — Elaine Chen, New York Times, 2023-06-21
  • Your photos show that the large bird perched on a sign downtown is a red-tailed hawk, a raptor that's not quite as large as an eagle, but definitely a Big Boy hawk.
    — Val Cunningham Contributing Writer, Star Tribune, 2020-10-13
  • Bird-watching walks occur monthly, providing even newbie birders with the opportunity to spy a red-tailed hawk or a belted kingfisher.
    — Jeanine Barone, The Know, 2020-02-23
  • Bald eagle, American goldfinch, Cooper's hawk, red-tailed hawk, and eastern bluebird are a few of the species expected to be present in the sanctuary.
    — Arkansas Online, 2022-07-18
  • After the heavy rains, Southern California wildlife experts are already noticing more of certain species, such as the kangaroo rat and red-tailed hawk.
    — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 2023-04-15
  • When eagles were first featured in sound motion pictures, editors dubbed in the call of a red-tailed hawk to avoid unsettling viewers, something like an avian Singin’ in the Rain.
    — Nathaniel Rich, The Atlantic, 2022-02-15
  • State conservation police are investigating the wounding of a red-tailed hawk, which was discovered impaled with an arrow in Oxford.
    — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 2022-01-19

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