Red-tailed Hawk Photos

Photography by Terry Sohl

My Favorite: The ubiquitous Red-tailed Hawk. If you see a large hawk in eastern South Dakota and immediately called it a Red-tailed Hawk without knowing any better, a majority of the time you'd probably be right! It is amazing to see all the different plumage patterns on one species however. The bird below is a young first year bird, taken in November 2008 on the Fort Pierre National Grasslands.

Red-tailed Hawk 1 September 30th, 2006 Kingsbury County, South Dakota	Red-tailed Hawk 2 September 30th, 2006 Kingsbury County, South Dakota	Red-tailed Hawk 3 September 4th, 2004 Lake Thompson, South Dakota	Red-tailed Hawk 4 September 1st, 2005 Near Yankton, South Dakota
Red-tailed Hawk 5 July 4th, 2004 Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Red-tailed Hawk 6 February 6th, 2007 Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Red-tailed Hawk 7 September 30th, 2006 Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Red-tailed Hawk 8 August 16th, 2004 Kingsbury County, South Dakota
Red-tailed Hawk 9 October 17th, 2004 Yankton County, South Dakota	Red-tailed Hawk 10 April 22nd, 2005 Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Red-tailed Hawk 11 September 30th, 2006 Kingsbury County, South Dakota	Red-tailed Hawk 12 October 22nd, 2006 Gavin's Point Dam, NE/SD border
Red-tailed Hawk 13 September 30th, 2006 Kingsbury County, South Dakota	Red-tailed Hawk 14 October 17th, 2004 Yankton County, South Dakota	Red-tailed Hawk 15 September 30th, 2006 Kingsbury County, South Dakota	Red-tailed Hawk 16 January 28th, 2007 Fort Pierre National Grasslands, South Dakota
Red-tailed Hawk 17 November 26th, 2008 Fort Pierre National Grasslands, South Dakota	Red-tailed Hawk 18 November 26th, 2008 Fort Pierre National Grasslands, South Dakota	Red-tailed Hawk 19 November 8th, 2009 Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Red-tailed Hawk 20 November 8th, 2009 Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Red-tailed Hawk 21 September 11th, 2010 Kingsbury County, South Dakota	Red-tailed Hawk 22 July 23rd, 2011 Harding County, South Dakota	Red-tailed Hawk 23 July 23rd, 2011 Harding County, South Dakota	Red-tailed Hawk 24 March 18th, 2011 LaCreek National Wildlife Refuge, South Dakota
Red-tailed Hawk 25 ("Krider's" form) January 18th, 2015 Lyman County, South Dakota	Red-tailed Hawk 26 May 2015 Outdoor Campus, Sioux Falls, South Dakota	Red-tailed Hawk 27 June 3rd, 2017 Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Red-tailed Hawk 29 April 2014 Saguaro National Park, Arizona	Red-tailed Hawk 30 January 18th, 2015 Lyman County, South Dakota	Red-tailed Hawk 31 November 1st, 2015 Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Red-tailed Hawk 32 October 7th, 2017 Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Red-tailed Hawk 33 October 7th, 2017 Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Red-tailed Hawk 34 July 7th, 2019 Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Red-tailed Hawk 35 July 7th, 2019 Minnehaha County, South Dakota

Click here for the species description page for the Red-tailed Hawk.

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