00:00Shadows over the land, North American hawks in their hunting grounds.
00:05A red-tailed hawk circles above an Ohio cornfield.
00:08North American hawks hunt over deserts, forests, wetlands, highways, and city parks.
00:14Red-tailed hawks perch on telephone poles across the United States,
00:18then drop onto rabbits with broad wings and rusty tails.
00:22Cooper's hawks streak through suburban backyards,
00:24where short, rounded wings help them chase pigeons between fences and trees.
00:30Sharp-shinned hawks dart through North American woodlands,
00:33using tiny bodies and quick wingbeats to snatch songbirds near feeders.
00:37Northern goshawks power through Alaska and Canadian forests,
00:41where fierce adults defend nests with fast dives at intruders.
00:45Harris's hawks hunt Arizona and Texas deserts in family groups,
00:49surrounding rabbits across cactus flats and dusty washes.
00:53Red-shouldered hawks call loudly from Florida swamps,
00:56then glide over flooded cypress trees searching for frogs and snakes.
01:01Feruginous hawks stand tall on Great Plains fence posts,
01:05where pale wings and rusty legs tower over prairie dog towns.
01:09Rough-legged hawks hover over winter fields in the northern United States
01:13after flying south from Arctic tundra nesting grounds.
01:17Swainson's hawks gather over western grasslands,
01:20then migrate thousands of miles toward South American pampas each year.
01:24Broad-winged hawks form huge kettles over Appalachian ridges,
01:29where thousands spiral on warm air during fall migration.
01:33Telephone poles, cactus flats, swamp trees, and mountain ridges
01:36turn hawk-watching into a moving map.
01:39A red-tailed hawk folds its wings and drops like a shadow into golden grass.
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