This is my Red-Tailed Hawk Paragraph and a drawing I did!

Red-Tailed Hawk

The scientific name of the red-tailed hawk is Buteo jamaicensis. They live in North America mainly in the west like Alaska and NorthWest canada. The domain is eukaryote, the kingdom is animalia, the phylum is chordata, and the class is aves. The order is falconiformes, the family is accipitridae, the genus is Buteo, and the species is jamaicensis. The red tailed hawk has bilateral symmetry which means that you can split the hawk right down the middle and both sides will be equal. The hawk is brown on the top and pale white underneath. They have a reddish brown tail and a white chest. One structural adaptation is that red-tailed hawks have very keen eyesight allowing them to spot their prey from a long distance away. Another structural adaptation is, these birds are among the largest raptors in the world. Their wingspan is four feet and can weigh up to four pounds. This helps them have more strength and bulk to catch larger animals with more meat at a faster speed. The last adaptation is that red-tailed hawks migrate south for the winter allowing them to be warmer in the south to continue their normal feeding. This is a behavioral adaptation. Some interesting facts about this hawk are they mate in the spring and the young hawks nest for 1 and ½ months. The predators of the red-tailed hawk are raccoons, red foxes, and horned owls. Their prey is mice, squirrels, rabbits, cats and bats. This makes them heterotrophic organisms. They are endothermic which means that they are warm blooded or can store their own heat and don’t rely on their environment. Two sources that I used for research are http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/red-tailed-hawk/ and red-tailed hawk. 

By Hannah Pierce