April 5, 2010

The red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), a bird of prey, is one of approximately 350 species of birds commonly found within the boundaries of Arkansas. This common nesting bird of Arkansas’s deciduous woodlands, which is called a “chickenhawk” by many, can regularly be seen along the state’s roadways.

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