This hawk is usually best identified by its brick-red tail, but take care, there are many colour variations. Plus, the hawk’s short, wide tail can appear almost transparent when viewed from below, and juveniles have darker colouring.

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The red-tailed hawk hunts small animals and reptiles from above, sometimes swooping down on birds. One of its greatest strengths is its ability to adapt to and exploit rapidly changing environments. Red-tailed hawks can be seen perched on fence posts, trees and hydro poles bordering agricultural fields where they survey the landscape for a meal—an ecological form of rodent control that farmers now readily embrace.

Those who have never seen a red-tail will certainly have heard its call. Its high-pitched kree-eee-ar has long been an iconic sound in Western and adventure movies, although the sound is usually paired with a different species (the bald eagle) on-screen.

The obverse features the effigy of Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt. The obverse also bears a special marking that includes four pearls symbolizing the four effigies that have graced Canadian coins and the double date of her reign.