Red-shouldered Hawk Calls and Sounds (2024) - Have you heard this forest raptor before?
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- Learn the CALLS and SOUNDS of a Red-shouldered Hawk! These beautiful raptors are very vocal every spring. They are so loud that most people hear them before seeing them.
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Red-shouldered Hawks (Buteo lineatus) are fairly easy to identify by sound. Listen for a LOUD “kee-ahh,” with the second note descending in pitch.
The “kee-aah” call is often repeated. It is very loud and can be heard from many miles away.
Red-shouldered Hawks are most often heard between April and June during the breeding season. They use their calls to attract females and defend territory.
These raptors are common in the eastern half of North America. Interestingly, there is also a population that lives on the west coast.
Distinctly marked, Red-shouldered Hawks have a barred rufous chest, mostly white underwings, a strongly banded tail, and of course, red shoulders that are visible when perched.
Red-shouldered Hawks are primarily forest dwellers. These raptors are common in suburban areas where houses have been mixed into woodlands.
Length: 15-19 inches / 38-48 cm
Weight: 1.1-1.9 lbs. / 500-860 gm
Wingspan: 38-42 inches / 96-107 cm
Credit for the recordings:
Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Recordists: Paul Fenwick, Paul Marvin, Oliver H. Hewitt
Image(s) and/or Footage used under license from Shutterstock.com.
We had a family of Red Shoulders in a Sycamore tree in Alpine,CA. One season, they had 2 chick's and fed both of them. They were awesome parents. I watched them fledge and I hope both survived. A memory I will never forget.
Keep in mind that bluejays are master impersonators of raptors. I constantly hear them mimic red shouldered hawks, Cooper's Hawks, and recently I've heard them as Mississippi Kites! If you hear a red shouldered hawk call coming from a tree and don't see a large bird, chances are it's a bluejay!
This comment omg! I really thought I was the only one hearing bluejays mimicking red shouldered hawks like I thought this only happened in my backyard wow why do they do this? I haven't heard them mimicking any other birds of prey but that's really interesting
We have a lot in our area, southern Oregon
Thank you for this comment! We heard the loud call and used a bird ID app from inside and it said red tailed hawk, but upon excitedly looking outside I couldn’t see any. However there was a blue jay digging in one of my raised bed gardens right outside the window. Interesting!
@@mirandabeaudry7936It’s amazing how much a Blue Jay can make themselves sound like Red Shoulders!
Wow!! I 🧡 corvids.
I live in Tennessee, in the foothills near the edge of the Cherokee National Forest.
I hear these quite frequently, but I’ve never seen one until today!
It was in a field at the edge of the woods, bent down drinking from a small marshy stream in the grass. It was beautiful, and definitely the highlight of my day!
I’m in SE Massachusetts right on the coast & I’ve had a nest(s) in the woods behind me for over a dozen years. I hear them every morning just like my alarm & the other day saw 3 of them perched in different trees having a conversation. They really are amazing!
I just watched two males fighting on the hillside behind my house. This helped me identify them because of their high pitched cries. I live in a coastal town within Los Angeles, CA. We have several types of hawks but these were smaller than what I typically see so I wasn’t entirely sure. Thanks for the video!
Yucaipa, Calif. Southern Ca. Edge of the San Bernardino Mountains. This guy has been calling for a mate for two months.
We live in Southern California on the edge of the city/open space and have MANY red shouldered (and red tailed) hawks due to the large ground squirrel population (they are a PAIN). Only today we had a hawk in our yard standing over a dead squirrel. We love to see them and hear their calls most days. 2 years ago our neighbors had a family of 5 nesting in their yard and teaching the young to hunt etc. What a treat that was. Thanks for the video
I just had a Red-Shouldered Hawk in my backyard in Houston, Texas. I am near Bear Creek Park in the Addicks Reservoir. It was the call that caught my attention from inside my home. It was absolutely beautiful, and I feel honored to have watched it closely through binoculars as it was perched so strong and majestic calling from atop a telephone pole. What a perfect place to make its call!
I have a mother and 2 juveniles living on the property, we have a place on the woods with a large pond in South Carolina. We watched the mother teaching the young ones to hunt frogs this evening while sitting on the porch, beautiful raptors!
We live just south of Tampa, Florida, less than 5 miles from the Alafia River and Tampa Bay. We're in the middle of 6+ acres of woodlands with many mature oak trees and a variety of others, including pines and palms. We hear these beauties literally daily, especially this time of year, and see them often in our backyard, occasionally with fresh prey in their clutches. They are almost as common as the Spanish moss ithat hangs off the oak trees. They are truly magnificent creatures, and we love that they have chosen to seek refuge here from all the (what we consider to be) overdevelopment of land. We would love to purchase surrounding properties and make it a nature preserve that could never be cleared to build another strip mall, apartment building, etc. These guys and many other wonderful species are running out of places to live, and that makes us both sad and angry.
We have a juvenile Red Shoulder Hawk living around our apartment complex in San Antonio TX!! Its so fascinating and amazing to see!! I love it.
I'm in the NW part of San Diego about 7 miles from the beach. We have two red-shouldered hawks that fly back and forth from our Eucalyptus tree to the giant palm tree about a block away. They take turns swooping down about 15 feet above our heads! Certainly much more noisy than the rooster in our neighbor's backyard. But we love having them!
Ive got a hawk thats been around for several weeks now and ive been trying to identify it. This is definitely it. Its awesome to watch in person!
Thank you for the help in identifying these hawks! I have a pair nesting in a tree across from my house. I live in a wooded area complete with a river and have the pleasure of seeing and hearing them every day! Northeast Georgia
We are lucky enough to have a pair of red shouldered hawks nesting nearby. We have been watching them for months. One day , one of the hawks sat on a low tree limb to watch us. We were in a covered lean-to back porch. My daughter and I were able to take several pictures through the plexiglass . It was amazing to see this hawk so low and so close to us.
Yes I just heard this hawk sound as the hawk was flying over my yard looking at my chickens .my chickens are good at hiding from many hawks.we live in Charleston sc
I actually came here precisely because there is a bird that flies over my yard every day making this exact sound and I wanted to identify it. I live close to Neary Lagoon in Santa Cruz, California.
I just searched this video, we are in Charleston as well. Seems like two of them. Thought it was a lost bird at first.
Gotta hit it with all 12 of the guages haha.
Just saw a red tailed hawk in our backyard-perched on a stump at the edge of the pond, lizard in claw. My daughter spotted it and played these recordings. He responded! Then he began circling the area looking for who he needed to beat up 👀🤣 beautiful huge bird!
We have red shoulder hawks in our area, some are borderline tame. This summer we have a young one that's either injured or sick. It is smart and started following me walking my beagle because it knows my beagle will flush out a rabbit or squirrel. Clever bird!
Northeast FL here! I’m pretty sure these guys are nesting in the trees just along our street. We hear this cry all the time, most notably in the afternoon/evening I would say. I spotted a young one once bathing in a puddle in the road before perching on a tree to watch me. 💖
We have a nesting pair in the trees across the street from our house in Evansville, Indiana. They have been living there for several years. They are very vocal and active. We hear and see them every day. Their call reminds me of squeaky bed springs. 😀
In the trees in front of my house i see them flying but never get a good look. I found this video and now i know they're red shoulders. Thanks, Mocksville NC
Yes, I've been hearing him and finally saw him but only in silhouette. I'm in northeast Ohio very near the Cuyahoga River. He or she is very vocal lately (in the Fall) and I'm hoping it hasn't lost its mate. Thanks to you, I've just made the ID today by its call. 😊
I live in Indianapolis and have 3 or 4 of these that hunt around my house every day. I love hearing their calls and going outside to watch them. I spotted a Cooper's hawk today in my neighbor's tree and found a juvenile Red Tailed Hawk's feather in my yard earlier this summer. ❤️
I live in North Greensboro NC. There is a Red Shouldered Hawk nest in my back yard. The pair had 3 babies last year and they are getting the nest ready for this spring. I have a great view from my deck. Loved watching them last year and looking forward to this season.
I have heard these all of the time around my house. I just saw one today perched on my mailbox watching my bird feeder. I live approx. 2.5 miles from Columbia Metropolitan Airport (KCAE). There is a lot of woods, ponds, and creeks around me.
I live in San Juan Capistrano, in south Orange County, California near the coast. There are hawks in the hills next to my home and I hear their calls all day. They swoop around looking for food and frequently sit on my fence. Such a treat!
We have a family of red shouldered hawks in our neighborhood in Northern California. Lots of trees and critters and near a creek. They are here year round and have been my acting spirit guides in making tough decisions. I can hear them almost every morning and occasionally am graced with a flyover by them.
I live in north central Alabama.This is the exact hawk that's been watching my backyard chickens the past few days.Exact look and call.Thanks for helping me identify this raptor!
Yes! I hear them every year and I live in central California in Merced. Very dry, Redwood and pine trees in our neighborhood and a creek in front of our house. The creek is long and flows from east to west. We live at that eastern end.
Thank you, so very much, for the video. I'm in North Central Texas (Dallas-Fort Wort area). There are a couple of hawks that will nest on a billboard sign by the highway. I love watching them soar and glide through the sky.
We have loads of these hawks in our yard which adjoins woodland. They're flying through and making a wonderful racket most every day.
Brecksville, Ohio
We have a pair of these magnificent birds that just moved in, up here in Anaheim Hills...I watch them every morning...the crows have a fit & cause all kinds of fuss whenever the hawks are on the move....
I live near the seacoast region in NH, (mostly forest with a bit of wetland) and I've heard this cry before! I've only started hearing it in the past few years, so I think they're new residents, hehe. More than that, I think I SAW this hawk today--the size, the striped wings, and the brown/red belly all match! It was flying around in the neighborhood where I walk my dog and I got to watch it perch and swoop around a little. It was so exciting!
I live in Northern Kentucky, approximately 15 miles south of Cincinnati Ohio. I have had a hawk hanging around here for a few years now, but have never been able to see it close enough or hear it’s call to be able to identify the type of hawk.
After watching and listening to this- AND the fact it flew out of my very large magnolia tree in my backyard yesterday, I can definitively say it was a red-shouldered hawk. It was truly magnificent to see and finally be able to properly identify it!!
I’m in Long Beach MN and we live on Pelican Lake in the woods. This morning I heard this bird and then filmed it. So loud.
Redlands, California. We have two that frequent our yard every single day. Boy are they loud! It's wonderful.
I just heard one on my front porch. I checked my security camera and it was sitting by my feeder. Very loud. Located in SE Ohio. So cool.
I am in Highlands NC and had a great time with red red my red shoulder hawk.
I live in North Tampa, FL we have one neighbor red hawk that usually visits our backyard in the afternoon. We live by two bodies of water and a lightly wooded area that surrounds the neighborhood. Its call helped me identify it with this video. Thanks!
I’m sitting in my sun porch in Churchill, PA and I just heard one hunting in the woods behind my house! I clicked on the first video regarding raptor calls and was shocked to find that it was the correct bird!
Saw what seems to be a juvenile red shouldered hawk right behind my house in New Britain, CT. It was perched pretty close and got a pretty good view of it with my binocs. Also won't stop calling woke me up twice last two mornings. Such a cool bird!
I have 2 that visit my yard often. I live in an area where yards are mostly wooded, near the Altamaha River in Wayne County, Georgia. I see them hunting between a creek run and 2 low-lying swampy areas near the end of my road. They are beautiful to watch. One sometimes perches on a tree when I am sitting on my porch. They and the barred owls that I watch are fascinating.
Last week i spotted a rare Red-shouldered Hawk in December, 08, 2023 in Nisqually Bird Refuge in Lacey, WA. Gorgeous!
I am in NW Georgia. Saw our first one a couple of years ago in our back yard. The summer there is a least a pair that have taken up residence in our suburban neighborhood. We now get visits several times a day in our backyard.
I live outside of Annapolis MD in a small development of 14 homes surrounded by woods. I have been hearing and seeing one fairly regularly the last few weeks. We have lots of squirrels that constantly get into my bird feeder. I hope the hawk takes them out as shown in the video.
We live off Pilgrim Mill in Cumming Georgia and this beautiful bird hangs out on our creek
I have two living in my back yard in Dunwoody GA. We live across from the water reservoir and near the Chattahoochee River. They are noisy! but I love them.
We often hear & see these beautiful birds in our yard & neighborhood in upstate SC
I just had a pair land in the top of a tree in my yard in Northeast Alabama. So cool that your bird can caught that!
I have a pair of red shouldered hawks nesting in my neighbors palm tree. I’ve been hearing them for the last month. I’m here in Northern California 45 east of San Francisco in what’s called the tri-valley (Dublin, Pleasanton and Livermore). I am getting such a thrill listening to them and hearing the little chicks cheeping too. I’ve got some great pics of one of them with a nice rat meal in its mouth!
Also nearby in Pleasant Hill, but the live in a pine tree.
Yep this is what I've got! I moved to a home in Southwest Ohio and am establishing a Woodland "garden" and prairie "garden" to create wildlife habitat. Only 1/3 acre but I hear it every morning now
I lived in Wildwood, MO for a long time and often saw these birds hunting in my backyard.
Tallahassee, Florida - hear them all the time over our wooded neighborhood. And even found one resting my fence post. At a neighborhood only few miles away, a red-shouldered hawk was sitting on a post as though it was a statue for the complex. Didn't budge, just blinked as we drove by.
I see and hear these, along with the red-tailed hawk where I live in Georgia. Both absolutely stunning creatures!
We hear them every day here in Gainesville Florida. Yesterday one landed on a pole that we use for our wind chimes and spent a good several minutes looking in the window at us. Oh yeah, and there was a small squirrel on the patio just beneath the hawk. Both survived.
Just admiring one now in the trees in my backyard, Melbourne, Florida 😍😃🙏💛
West Frederick MD here, theres at least 4 of these currently residing in my neighborhood. See them every morning and evening
I’m in Southern Illinois and I had one perched on my porch yesterday. It was the size of a bald eagle. Very beautiful!
Saw two of these hawks in Saratoga Springs East side flying and vocal over my home. They looked on the small side but there sound was unmistakable.
I have one today in my backyard (Collinsville, Illinois) perching in the trees above my bird feeders and, briefly, on the ground under the feeders checking out the seeds on offer. I got some great pictures and video. Came here to double check the call sounds. Thanks!
I'm in piedmont Virginia, quite urban here, and one of these landed on my clothesline! I hear him/her every morning. I think he may eat the Carolina wrens that are all around. He seems to have a mate cuz I often hear an answering cry. I love this bird.
I keep coming back to this video so my African Grey parrot can hear it. I ask him, "Can you be a hawk?" and he repeats the Red-shouldered Hawk kee-ah sounds.
Beautiful hawk sound
I’m in Davidson, NC and I see and hear them daily.
There are several in the swamp behind my home in Richlands NC. One was on our fence this morning. We hear them all the time and see several at a time occasionally circling overhead.
Just heard, photographed, video, one today in Ellettsville IN. Beautiful hawk!
I’m in southeastern Connecticut and hear them all the time but got to see one just hanging out in a low tree branch in my backyard today!
I have heard these marvelous creatures. I hear them daily. They are flying over my house all the time and I feel honored❤🪶
We are in Greensboro, NC. Our backyard is on a wooded creek. We have two that we watch hunt small snakes from the creek and brush. Today they were very vocal. We played your call and both came searching for the source. They were beautiful to watch.
I am the wildlife rehabilitator at Wildbird Recovery at Stormy Oaks Nature Conservancy in western PA. I have one that has been frequenting the property for the last few weeks.
I’m in Reston VA and I live near a forest. May11, 2023. Beautiful Red-shouldered hawk causing a ruckus amongst nearby singbirds. I think it got fed up and took off!
we're RV campint at Wilderness Lakes RV Park in Menifee, CA. There is a beautiful Red-shouldered Hawk that comes around every day. I was able to get a good photo of it and we here it calling almost every day.
I live in Louisville, KY and am visited by one and possibly two red shouldered hawks about 3 to 4 times a week soaring over my backyard and through the subdivision. We live near forested area named the parklands of Louisville that also has a large creek named Floyds Fork running right through it. I have a one year old and 10 week old pug puppies that I let out in the morning in my backyard around 7:00 to 8:00 am when I usually see the hawks. So I walk with them to protect them as my smallest puppy is only 7 pounds. One morning as I was walking with the puppies the hawk actually flew about 30 feet right over my head. I always go out into the yard when I let them out. I only see the hawks in the morning but occasionally hear calls in the afternoon. So it must be nesting somewhere near by. We have so many trees and houses that I only get about 3 to 4 seconds of seeing them before there gone. Love seeing them soaring overhead!
We had one sitting on a tree limb right by our house TODAY, Tues 09/20/2022 - Took a photo. We live at Hwy 140 West entrance to Yosemite National Park, Central California, Sierra Nevada mountains. He was scooping out our hummingbird feeders on roof edge. Want the photo? Was thrilled to see it!
Spotted flying over a small lake in Muskoka Ontario! Their call is incredible
I am on the muscatatuck river in jennings County Indiana. I see eagles occasionally but had never heard their trill before until today. I thought what in the he'll is that as my cat looked up and ran for cover. I heard another trill downstream, much softer, I looked out over the river in time to see a young bald eagle fly over our house. What a thrill!
Saw one of these on a bike ride today in northern CA! Heard a second one in the next tree over. Thanks for posting this video, it helped me identify it once I got home!
I saw a hawk flew over me this weekend with a prey in its talons. I am captivated. This is great for me to identify where he is in my neighborhood. Thank you.
I live in a townhome complex in Toms River, NJ, about 10 miles from the Ocean.
Heard this exact same call yesterday and did indeed see a raptor fly out of the tree.
I have two red shouldered hawks in my backyard, calling back and forth. I am located about 50 miles east of Kansas City, MO. I was lucky enough to get several pictures today, although they were grainy because I was walking the dogs at the time. We got within 30 feet of one before it flew away.
We live in Southeastern North Caolina very near the Atlantic coast. We are in a neighborhood surrounded by tall pines with a creek nearby. We have seen several of these hawks flying around. One landed on our fence eating a snake he had caught. Thank you for the video of their calls that confirmed our identity of these beautiful birds of prey!
I’m in central Virginia and have a red shouldered hawk that hangs out in my back yard. Beautiful bird
Beautiful creatures
Southern California here. I got one in my backyard trees. Pretty cool to watch her come down and hunt the lizards and stuff
Calling in Hardin county, Kentucky just now, while circling over the neighborhood. September 2022, 3:30pm
Thank you for the video!
I’ve been hearing them for about 3 weeks now and finally saw two flying around in the trees surrounding my back yard. There’s a huge nest as well! I live in Butler County, PA!
So glad I found this video. We've had the same one doing this around our house here in Gatlinburg Tennessee for over a year now. I always thought it was a red tailed but now I know. Thanks
I remembered back in Arkansas, at our lake house when we were visiting my son whose in college, there was a Red-Shouldered Hawk on a wire perching with a dead dove on in it’s beak. I remembered how all my of kids were so amazed by it. What a Extrodinary sight, amazing video.
Greetings from South Carolina, they are everywhere here
There is at least a pair of red shouldered hawks living around my house on the central coast of CA. I try to get a look at them whenever I hear them calling.
Thanks for this video! 😃 It confirms that the hawk I’m watching/hearing is a red-shouldered hawk! I’m in Brunswick, Georgia. 😁
Had one in our backyard in Texas that tried to grow up too fast. He was on our metal fence so I put a welding glove on and carried it to a low branch in a tree. He left the next morning after a peaceful night's sleep. He's still getting the hang of flying so as I watch him do that I stumbled on this video. I'm using the recordings to keep tabs on where he is because he answers the calls. He looks quite magnificent in flight. I think he'll do just fine.
I’m in Westwood, MA and have been hearing and seeing the red-shouldered hawk for several days in the woods off of my balcony . I downloaded the Merlin ID app and was able to identify it by its call.
My backyard in South Charlotte, NC today as a matter of fact. There are a few of them doing weird dances in my lawn. Gorgeous creatures
Hello I’m near Bush gardens Europe in Williamsburg va. And have been hearing this bird every morning
Thank you for this video. It really helped me identify the nesting pair of hawks in my backyard outside of Raleigh, NC.
I hear these all the time!
I frequently hear red shouldered hawks in the neighborhoods and parks in the East end of La Mesa, San Diego County, CA. In fact I am hearing one right now as I am sitting at a large park in La Mesa. I've also heard them at a park in nearby Spring Valley, CA.
We have them in Colwich, KS. Thanks for the call sounds.
She is my Spirit animal!
First followed me at Fish Eating Creek outpost Florida
North Texas near DFW. It was eyeing my chickens. He was enormous too! I’ve had to add netting over my chickens as he got at least one of them. I hear him and his friends quite often.