Mainly rabbits, squirrels, mice and snakes.
a Red-Tailed Hawk is a birds-of-prey
Red-Tailed Hawk
The Red Tailed Hawk has different shades of brown in their wings, and they use them just as any other bird of prey.
mainly humans but golden eagles have been known to prey on adult red tailed hawks
The Red-tailed Hawk hunts primarily from an elevated perch site, swooping down from a perch to seize prey, catching birds while flying, or pursuing prey on the ground from a low flight.
The Red-tailed Hawk is a bird of prey; a raptor. It belongs to the buteo genus like the Red-shouldered Hawk and the Rough-legged Hawk. It is also called a "buzzard hawk". The taxonomy description of this hawk is: * Kingdom: Animalia * Phylum: Chordata * Class: Aves * Order: Accipitriformes * Family: Accipitridae * Genus: Buteo * Species: Buteo jamaicensis (Red-tailed Hawk)
They fly.
mainly humans but golden eagles have been known to prey on adult red tailed hawks
No, a Red-tailed Hawk does not eat Mountain Lions. Red-tailed Hawks primarily hunt small to medium-sized mammals, birds, and reptiles, while Mountain Lions are large predators and not typical prey for birds of prey. The size difference and hunting behavior of these two species make predation by a Red-tailed Hawk on a Mountain Lion highly unlikely.
No. All birds of prey are protected by feferal law.
Forests, pasturelands, even city parks, wherever there is prey.
Yes, the red-tailed hawk is a secondary consumer. This is because the red-tailed hawk eats the small mammals and birds.