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What do they look
like?
They are yellow above their
beaks and on their feet. Their
backs have reddish brown on its top wings, dark brown with gray
at its middle and a white tail with light brown tips. Its belly
is white with reddish brown stripes. |
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How big are they?
They are about 2 feet long. If you spread their wings out as
far as they would go, they would stretch to almost 6 feet wide.
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How many eggs do they
lay?
Females lay from 2 to 6 blue/white eggs once a year. Eggs hatch
in about a month. |
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How long do the
fledglings stay in the nest?
These hawks like to make their stick nests in almost any size
tree. If they don’t have trees where they want to live, they
will make nests on cliffs. The nests are lined with stuff they
find and manure! The young birds stay in the nest for 3 months. |
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When do they hunt?
They hunt during the day. (diurnal) |
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What do they eat?
Ferruginous Hawks like to eat ground squirrels and prairie dogs
the most, but also rabbits, , birds and snakes. |
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Where do they live?
They live in Canada, United States, and Mexico. |
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What kind of place do
they like to live in?
They like shrub land, grassland, and desert areas. They like to
live in farm areas. |
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Interesting facts:
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Their feathers go from their heads down to their feet. |
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Some people have nicknamed them squirrel hawks because
they eat lots of ground squirrels. |
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Ferruginous Hawks will fly in one place (hover) when
they are looking for prey. This is unusual for hawks. |
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Works Cited:
Alderfer, Jonathan. Complete Birds of North America.
Washington, D.C.: National Geographic, 2006.
Alsop, Fred. Birds of North America. New York: DK
Publishing, 2001.
Buteo regalis.
17 Dec. 2007. <http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/40253/all>.
Donovon, Amy. Birds of Prey. Washington, D.C.:
National Geographic Society, 1998.
Ferruginous hawk.
5 Oct. 2007. <http://www.peregrinefund.org/Explore_Raptors/hawks/ferrugin.html>.
Schmoker, Bill. “Re: Owl pictures (etc.).” [Hawk & flying
Hawk] E-mail to Club Web. 2 Nov. 2007.
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