Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis). 

One of the largest and most common raptors in North America and a common sight along highways, especially in winter. 

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The following Cornell Lab | Macaulay Library recordings were used in this episode: 

• Red-tailed hawk first call by Leonard J. Peyton and Gerald Shields (ML506024)
• Red-tailed hawk second call by Thomas G. Sander (ML506027)

Sources and more: 

• https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-tailed_Hawk
• https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/red-tailed-hawk
• Dunne P, Sibley D, Sutton C. 2012. Hawks in flight : the flight identification of North American raptors. 2nd ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
• Kanter R. 2016 Nov 17. Raptor watching in winter. Illinois Public Media. Available from https://will.illinois.edu/environmentalalmanac/program/raptor-watching-in-winter.
• National Audubon Society videoguide to the birds of North America. 2004. Fullscreen. Carrboro, NC: Godfrey-Stadin Productions.
• Sibley D. 2016. Sibley birds East : field guide to birds of eastern North America. Second edition. New York: Alfred A. Knopf (Field guide to birds of eastern North America).