Red-tailed hawk in North Park, Feb 2019 (photo by Steve Gosser)
1 July 2023
Last week while in Tidewater Virginia, I noticed that turkey vultures dominated the airspace. On our way to Pittsburgh yesterday, soaring red-tailed hawks made me feel like “I’m home.”
Red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis) live quite near us in southwestern Pennsylvania, especially in the city. Here are a few shots of our most common hawk, thanks to local photographers.
Red-tailed hawk in flight, January 2022 (photo by Christopher T)Red-tailed hawk nestling, Frick Park, May 2021 (photo by Charity Kheshgi)Red-tailed hawk family in a nest in Schenley Park, 14 May 2018 (photo by Gregory Diskin)Immature red-tailed hawk on light pole, 2013 (photo by Chuck Tague)Pair of red-tailed hawks on Hammerschlag Hall at CMU, April 2011 (photo by Peter Bell)Immature red-tailed hawk at Pitt Law School window, fall 2019 (photo by Kim Getz)
(photo credits in the captions, click on the links to see the photographers’ websites)
2 thoughts on “Pittsburgh’s Most Common Hawk”
I’ve been watching one at the School of Public Health building where I work. She cries from the roof sometimes. The other day we saw her eating prey in the lot in front of the Frick Early Childhood Center.
I’ve been watching one at the School of Public Health building where I work. She cries from the roof sometimes. The other day we saw her eating prey in the lot in front of the Frick Early Childhood Center.
The red-tailed hawks remind me of “home” too. I follow the ones on Cornell’s bird cam. There were three babies this year and the last one just fledged.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/cams/red-tailed-hawks/