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+฀36฀+ red-shouldered hawk Buteo lineatus The red-shoulder is an uncommon permanent resident and a rare nester. Its habitat is heavily wooded riparian areas, largely along the Mississippi River in eastern Iowa. It suffered a sharp decline as a nester in the 1950s and 1960s but seems to have a stable or even increasing nesting status currently. It often shares its habitat with the barred owl—the owl active by night, the hawk by day. The call of this midsize buteo is one of the few remaining Iowa sounds that drip with wildness. qr +฀37฀+ ...

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