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May 18, 2013

Red-tailed Hawk- Buteo jamaicensis

by Bryce W. Robinson

Red-tailed Hawk- Buteo jamaicensis. 12x16" prismacolor on bristol

Red-tailed Hawk- Buteo jamaicensis. 12×16″ prismacolor on bristol

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A simple painting of a male Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia). They’re on their way north!

I just returned from an excellent trip to the Mackinac Strait in Michigan. Nick Alioto and I put out eleven transmitters on migrant Red-tailed Hawks (including Rip, this beautiful abieticola) as part of a collaboration between the Red-tailed Hawk Project and the @mackinacstraitsraptorwatch. I feel very privileged to have seen a bit of the incredible numbers of raptors that pass through the strait at this time each spring. If you love raptor migration, a visit to this site is a must!

Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias. The genus and species names for this bird both mean 'heron', rather than herodias as an eponym (a name to honor someone like King Herod). I don't know of any names in organismal nomenclature that pull from Roman history, but I can see how this name could be misinterpreted to be one example. Im glad it’s not, since I'm sure many people would consider it a problematic name choice...

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of visiting the Derby Hill Bird Observatory Hawkwatch for the first time. It was an excellent day of early spring migration, with warm weather and south winds. The highlight was this stunning adult hybrid Red-tailed X Red-shouldered Hawk.

Here is a subset of the diversity of Red-tailed Hawk tails from my recent trip to Kansas. Some similarities and some big differences. The phenotypic diversity in this species is incredible.

I just returned from an excellent 10 day trip to the eastern Great Plains to deploy tracking units on Red-tailed Hawks with my good friend @lhdecicco. We caught a whole bunch of incredible birds, including this Harlan’s Red-tailed Hawk. This bird is now carrying around a small tracking unit that should let us know where it breeds this summer. If you want to see more birds, you can find them under the Movement Ecology section on the project website - www.redtailedhawkproject.org.

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