Red-Tailed Hawks are famed as being the second largest hawk in The United States and the most common in all of North America.
As their name suggests, these birds display brilliant red-colored tails although their underparts are quite pale.
In fact, immature hawks do not even have red tails, as they are still developing. The Red-Tailed Hawk is found in a variety of terrains throughout the state of Kentucky, though they are mostly observed in farm country, fields, and woodlands.
You can find these hawks perched on telephone poles, fence posts, or even on field edges.
Actually, males can readily be seen during mating season in the spring and summer months as they circle high in the sky in an attempt to attract the female hawks.
You can easily take notice of their scratchy ‘kee-eeeee-arr’calls, although the call varies during mating season. During mating season Red-Tailed Hawks are known for their shrill, cry-like sounds.