: a widely distributed chiefly rodent-eating New World hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) that is usually mottled dusky above and white streaked dusky and tinged with buff below and has a rather short typically reddish tail
called alsoredtail
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Examples of red-tailed hawk in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebDuring his recovery, his father bought him a red-tailed hawk, igniting a lifelong passion for falconry.—Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024 In March, 16 days after Sirica first treated the incapacitated red-tailed hawk, Paula Goldberg, former executive director of City Wildlife, opened the trunk of her Toyota SUV to reveal a small white box perforated with air holes.—Bydina Fine Maron, science.org, 10 July 2024 Listen to this article Nearly two months ago, the Oregon Ridge Nature Center lost Stella, their resident partially blind red-tailed hawk, when a falling tree crashed through her enclosure, opening it to the sky above.—Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 12 June 2024 Consider a red-tailed hawk, watching from high up in some tree or tower, or soaring somewhere higher, beyond the limit of our structures.—Jack Gedney, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for red-tailed hawk
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