If there has been any theme to this winter it has been cold.

Polytypic. Length 15–19"; wingspan 37–42". A medium-size buteo with rounded wing tips that do not reach the tip of the tail. Adult: brown above with lighter feather edges and some streaking on ...

is the largest member of the Buteo genus that can be found in our region, and the only one that is generally present during the winter. Along with the red-shouldered hawk (B. lineatus) and the ...