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10-inch Red-tailed Hawk
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This 10-inch Red-tailed Hawk carving was hand-crafted from solid Basswood. The Red-tailed Hawk is the most common buteo found in North America. The wings are broad and fairly rounded and the plumage is extremely variable. Looks heavily billed, unlike the Rough-legged and Swainson's Hawk's. Variable pale mottling on the scapulars contrasts with a dark mantle, often forming a broad-sided "V" on perched birds. Most adults, especially in the East, show a belly band of dark streaks on whitish under-parts; dark bar on the leading edge of under-wing, contrasting with paler wing linings. Note the reddish upper-tail and paler under-tail. The Great Plains race, krideri known as "Krider's Red-tailed," has paler upper-parts and a whitish tail with a pale-reddish wash; in flight, Krider's shows pale, rectangular patches at the base of the primaries on the upper-wings. Many southwestern birds of the fuertesi race lack the belly band and have entirely light under-parts. Widespread, dark and rufous morphs of the western race, calurus, have dark wing linings and under-parts, obscuring the bar on the leading edge and belly band; the tail is dark-reddish above.
Reference
National Geographic Field Guide To The Birds of North America, Fifth Edition, Page 132
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Counties in Louisiana
| 1. Acadia |
23. Iberia |
44. St. Bernard |
| 2. Allen |
24. Iberville |
45. St. Charles |
| 3. Ascension |
25. Jackson |
46. St. Helena |
| 4. Assumption |
26. Jefferson |
47. St. James |
| 5. Avoyelles |
27. Jefferson Davis |
48. St. John the Baptist |
| 6. Beauregard |
28. La Salle |
49. St. Landry |
| 7. Bienville |
29. Lafayette |
50. St. Martin |
| 8. Bossier |
30. Lafourche |
51. St. Mary |
| 9. Caddo |
31. Lincoln |
52. St. Tammany |
| 10. Calcasieu |
32. Livingston |
53. Tangipahoa |
| 11. Caldwell |
33. Madison |
54. Tensas |
| 12. Cameron |
34. Morehouse |
55. Terrebonne |
| 13. Catahoula |
35. Natchitoches |
56. Union |
| 14. Claiborne |
36. Orleans |
57. Vermilion |
| 15. Concordia |
37. Ouachita |
58. Vernon |
| 16. De Soto |
38. Plaquemines |
59. Washington |
| 17. East Baton Rouge |
39. Pointe Coupee |
60. Webster |
| 18. East Carroll |
40. Rapides |
61. West Baton Rouge |
| 19. East Feliciana |
41. Red River |
62. West Carroll |
| 20. Evangeline |
42. Richland |
63. West Feliciana |
| 21. Franklin |
43. Sabine |
64. Winn |
| 22. Grant |
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