Arizona Too - Red-tails

Arizona Too Earl Plato

In an Arizona state nature folder we read that the Red-tailed hawk is a common resident around Phoenix. My daughter, Diane, saw them this February. She knows her hawks. My research tells me that they migrate south from Arizona. Curious. Yes, they migrate south from my area in Ontario but why in a warmer state like Arizona? This is the largest of our Buteos and feeds mainly on rodents and yes snakes too. Diane photographed what she believed were Red-tails. Too hard to confirm as photos were too small. But I believe her,