The red-tailed hawk call is the most distinguished and menacing of any North American raptor, even if it fails to fetch the mustang or line up the lemons. I think we find the call – even if we ...

Learn how to know if you've seen a red-shouldered hawk. Find out what the birds look like, what they eat and where to find them.

Fun fact: the bald eagle scream heard in most movies and television shows is actually the call of a red-tailed hawk. Hollywood bald eagle exposed! Honestly, we get it.

Habitat: The red-tailed hawk is a bird of open country. Look for it along fields and perched on telephones poles, fence posts, or trees standing alone or along edges of fields.

Red-tailed hawks are typically smaller than bald eagles, reaching a wingspan between 3.4 and 4.8 feet as adults, while a bald eagle's wingspan can reach between 5.9 and 7.5 feet as an adult.

Unlike other buteos, red-tails have bright white breasts, often with a central black belly band, a brown back and adults have a uniformly reddish tail, darker above, light below.