Northern Harriers are slender with long broad wings and are between the size of a crow and a goose. They often fly with the tips of their wings higher than their bodies in a v-shape.įemales are brown, and males are gray above and white below, and they have a white rump patch.Ĭredit: James Bradley, XC326879. They are more commonly seen from April to October. In summer, Northern Harriers are the third most frequently spotted hawks in Ontario, where they spend the breeding season. They lay 2-3 whitish, brown-spotted eggs. Nests are high in tall trees, cliff ledges, and sometimes on tall buildings or towers. Red-tailed Hawks remain resident in the US and Mexico, but those birds in Alaska, Canada, and the northern Great Plains fly south for winter. The high-pitched descending raspy-screech sound of the Red-tailed Hawk is often used in movies for all birds of prey. You can also see them perched on telephone poles. They are also the easiest to spot, often on long car journeys, as they circle slowly over open fields looking for prey such as small mammals, birds, and reptiles. Most Red-tailed Hawks are brown on the back and pale underneath. They are large, with broad, rounded wings. Most Red-tailed Hawks migrate south for winter from Ontario, but they are still regularly spotted in the southeast of the province near Toronto and Ottawa.Īs their name suggests, Red-tailed Hawks have a distinctive short, wide red tail. They appear in 5% of summer checklists and 12% of winter checklists submitted by bird watchers for the state. In Ontario, Red-tailed Hawks are the most frequently spotted hawks. In Ontario, hawks that are more common in summer include the Broad-winged Hawks, and hawks that are more common in winter are the Red-tailed Hawks.
Some of these birds migrate, and some remain all year, and this information is included for each species. This guide will help you identify the species of hawks in Ontario according to avibase and ordered by the number of sighting recorded on ebird. If you enjoy finding out about birds of prey in Ontario then you should check out all the eagles and vultures you can spot here. To find Hawks head to woodland for the smaller hawks such as the Sharp-shinned Hawk and Cooper’s Hawk or open grassland, marshes, or high ridges for the larger species. There are 8 species of hawks recognized on state checklists as regularly occurring in Ontario, and 2 additional species are considered rare or accidental.
Hawks are birds of prey and hunt and eat birds and small mammals, snakes, and frogs. They can see ultraviolet light, which helps them hunt down their prey.
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