No wonder they are called RED SHOULDERED HAWKS! Red Shouldered Hawks can be identified by their RED shoulders. Note the head stays level to the ground while the rest of the body turns...

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

Red Shouldered Hawks can be identified by their RED shoulders. Note the head stays level to the ground while the rest of the body turns allowing this hawk to fly easily in any direction especially while chasing other birds through dense foliage.
Sony a1, Sony 200-600 @ 600 f6.3 (wide open) 1/1000 sec. iso 1250

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Good shot. That should be used for explaining just that in an article.

Mark Williams

Outstanding!!!!!

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

Very good!

tiphareth51 Loc: Somewhere near North Pole, Alaska

Fantastic shot!

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

billnikon wrote:

Red Shouldered Hawks can be identified by their RED shoulders. Note the head stays level to the ground while the rest of the body turns allowing this hawk to fly easily in any direction especially while chasing other birds through dense foliage.
Sony a1, Sony 200-600 @ 600 f6.3 (wide open) 1/1000 sec. iso 1250

Fantastic image!!!

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

billnikon wrote:

Red Shouldered Hawks can be identified by their RED shoulders. Note the head stays level to the ground while the rest of the body turns allowing this hawk to fly easily in any direction especially while chasing other birds through dense foliage.
Sony a1, Sony 200-600 @ 600 f6.3 (wide open) 1/1000 sec. iso 1250

Fantastic capture!

hettmoe Loc: Rural ND

Very nice!

NMGal Loc: NE NM

Great capture.

joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA

billnikon wrote:

Red Shouldered Hawks can be identified by their RED shoulders. Note the head stays level to the ground while the rest of the body turns allowing this hawk to fly easily in any direction especially while chasing other birds through dense foliage.
Sony a1, Sony 200-600 @ 600 f6.3 (wide open) 1/1000 sec. iso 1250

A magnifcent BIF 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆, but I can never figure out how they get "red" out of brown 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

Hasslla

Beautiful BIF shot. Thanks for the information too.

PattyW60 Loc: Northwest Illinois

Wow....what a beautiful shot!!

nospambob Loc: Edmond, Oklahoma

That is the best photo of a rsh that I've ever seen. Thanks for posting.

WesIam Loc: Phoenixville, Pa

WOW!!!!

jimvanells Loc: Augusta, GA

I agree with nospambob, best shot of that bird I have ever seen.