Red-shouldered hawk The birds are about 1½ feet tall, from head to tail, with a wingspan of about 3 feet.

The hawk species you are likely to see in the winter in New England include Red-tailed, Red-shouldered, Broad-winged, and the aforementioned accipiters.

In fall and winter, you may have noticed red-tailed hawks that typically perch along roadways. They often perch alone, but as spring approaches, you may see a second hawk perching not far away.

Red-shouldered hawks are supposed to be migratory in this area, however, there were a small number of sightings posted on eBird (ebird.org) all winter and we definitely had a red-shouldered hawk ...

That’s certainly the case with a red-shouldered hawk that has taken up residence for the winter at my home. The hawk usually favors a stand of trees near the fish pond at my home when it visits ...

A red-shouldered hawk chick in its nest. Its two nest mates are hunkered down. While red-shouldered hawks don’t sing like songbirds, they do deliver a loud piercing scream.

Two other hawk species can be seen in the metro area — red-shouldered and Cooper's. Both are woodland birds. One way to distinguish red-shouldered from the more or less similar broad-winged is ...

A red-shouldered hawk nest was discovered in a Worthington resident's honey locust tree. Before European settlement, when 95% of Ohio was blanketed in forests, red-shouldered hawks were common.

It's not clear whether the red-shouldered hawk population has grown or continued to decline since 1979, Wheeler said. "That's where we need to do more monitoring and surveying," he said.