Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
Red-shouldered Hawk · Governors Island · 19 January 2026
A Red-shouldered Hawk on Governors Island in January, a woodland hawk of the river bottoms and wet forests of the East that has adapted well enough to city parks and islands that a sighting in New York harbour is no longer a surprise.
Finely barred rufous underparts and a warm shoulder patch just visible where the wing meets the body. The call is a loud, repeated "kee-yah", which Blue Jays imitate so well that half the calls in a park are jays.
Birds, insects, plants and other wildlife, mostly from Brooklyn, with some from further afield.
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