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Florida, March 14, 2007Recorded by Gerrit Vyn | Macaulay Library
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Florida, May 04, 1994Recorded by Geoffrey A. Keller | Macaulay Library

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Calls

Call a loud "kee-aah," with second note descending in pitch. Often given repeatedly. Hawks use it to claim their territory and when alarmed. Female Red-shouldered Hawks sometimes give a soft kee call when on the nest.

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