Red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus). 

An agile forest “buteo” with handsome plumage. 

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

• Red-shouldered hawk song by William W. H. Gunn (ML505989)
• Red-shouldered hawk first call by Gerrit Vyn (ML505992)
• Red-shouldered hawk second call by Wil Hershberger (ML505997)

The following Xeno-Canto recordings were used in this episode:

• Blue Jay mimic call by Christopher McPherson (XC600534)

Sources and more: 

• Christopher McPherson, XC600534. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/60053 
• https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-shouldered_Hawk
• https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/red-shouldered-hawk  
• Dobson C, Kassenbaum D, Oehmke D, et al. 2023. Field guide to hotspots and birds in Illinois. Champaign-Urbana: Scissortail LLC.
• Dunne P, Sibley D, Sutton C. 2012. Hawks in flight : the flight identification of North American raptors. 2nd ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
• 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).