Red-shouldered hawks are gorgeous medium-sized, solid birds, smaller than a red-tailed but bigger than a broad-winged hawk.

FREMONT, CA — Dan Myers took this glorious photo last month of a red shouldered hawk in Fremont. The hawk was conveniently perched on the branch of a pine tree, close to the balcony of Dan's home.

A common hawk of wet deciduous woodlands, they are the noisiest of the buteos, especially during spring courtship. A perch-hunter ... Juveniles are similar, but red-shouldered shows 3 bands ...

When flying, a juvenile red-shouldered hawk shows light crescents at base of primaries and a longer tail. Perched, it has a brown tail with dark bands, 3 bands on folded secondaries. Juvenile ...

Red-shouldered hawk perched and keenly watching for its next vole meal. The school building isn’t very old, and I feel that by attracting the hawk, the designers have achieved one of their goals ...