Sighting Record for Utah

Common name:	Red-shouldered Hawk
Scientific name:	Buteo lineatus
Date:	10/4/2026
Time:	4:30pm~
Length of time observed:	10 minutes
Number:	1
Age:	immature
Sex:	?
Location:	Callao
County:	Juab
Latilong:	39.900067, -113.714395
Elevation:	4500ft~
Distance to bird:	5m
Optical equipment:	Nikon 10x42 Binoculars
Weather:	Sunny, warm, 85F
Light Conditions:	Good
Description: Size of bird:	medium sized raptor
(Description:) Basic Shape:	Buteo
(Description:) Overall Pattern:	brown overall
(Description:) Bill Type:	Carnivore
(Description:) Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics:	Dee spotted a raptor sitting on a post at eye level next to the road, I looked through the window and saw it was an immature Red-shouldered Hawk. We kept driving and pulled off so we wouldn't spook it, then got out and got great looks and photos. Overall a small long tailed Buteo, distinct dark and light bands in tail, the dark ones much thicker than the pale ones, 4 dark and 3 pale. Back was checkered with white spots on wings and mantle, breast was heavily marked with brown speckles, thickest on upper breast, fewer toward belly giving a bib like appearance. It then flew to another pole and we saw the white crescent panel in the primaries (see photos)
Song or call & method of delivery:	Silent
Behavior:	Sitting on posts next to ag field
Habitat:	Agriculture fields(cut Alfalfa), but a few big cottonwoods and Russian Olive thickets nearby
Similar species and how were they eliminated:	Red-tailed Hawk-larger with a shorter tail and longer wings, light morphs show a band across mid torso, lack black and white tail bands. Swainson's Hawk-larger and longer wings, dark flight feathers distinctive, have a pale tail with thin dark bands Broad-winged Hawk-similar but on adults the white tails bands are thicker and fewer, immatures have a pale tail with thin dark bands, lack primary windows Cooper's Hawk-tail bands are dark and pale gray, not black and white, longer tail and shorter squared wings. Lack primary windows.
Previous experience with this & similar species:	Yes, many
References consulted:	Memory
Description from:	From photo(s) taken at the time of the sighting
Observer:	Bryant A Olsen
Observer's address:	Address: 84105
Observer's e-mail address:	**
Other observers who independently identified this bird:	Alyssa Hughes, Dee McLaughlin and Jonathan Plotner were with me
Date prepared:	10/15/26
Additional material:	Photos
Additional comments:	eBird checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S399310972