red-tailed
Adjective
Meaning
Having a red tail.
Source: Webster's dictionaryExamples
Bighorn sheep, red-tailed hawks, and wild burros may be seen.
Raptorial birds reported to be hunted by these eagles have included large adults of species such as red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis), ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) and black (Coragyps atratus) and turkey vultures (Cathartes aura).
Poaching remains a concern; with the population rising and spreading out on Kiritimati, formerly remote bird colonies became more accessible and especially the red-tailed tropicbirds and the Sula are strongly affected by hunting and disturbance.
Bald eagles, golden eagles, red-tailed hawks, turkey vultures, great horned owls, egrets, mountain bluebirds and many other species frequent the property.
In addition to Eagles parading down Broad Street, there have been red-tailed hawks nesting on a Franklin Institute windowsill, peregrine falcons hunting from a perch atop a City Hall tower, and the occasional bald eagle swooping in from the suburbs.
Do you think if the red-tailed hawk spent two or three days sulking on a branch over just missing that big fat juicy rabbit, it would survive?