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Red-shouldered Hawk Sounds

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California, July 16, 2020Recorded by Paul Fenwick / Macaulay Library
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Florida, April 21, 1985Recorded by Oliver H. Hewitt / Macaulay Library
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Florida, April 01, 2018Recorded by Paul Marvin / Macaulay Library
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Florida, April 12, 2017Recorded by Paul Marvin / Macaulay Library
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California, February 16, 2020Recorded by Bruce Rideout / Macaulay Library
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Florida, February 10, 1966Recorded by William W. H. Gunn / Macaulay Library

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Calls

Call a loud "kee-aah," with second note descending in pitch. Often given repeatedly. Hawks use it to claim their territory and when alarmed. Female Red-shouldered Hawks sometimes give a soft kee call when on the nest.

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