Red Shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)

2006 February, cheating here, snapped this specimen in O'Leno SP during our FL tour.
Perhaps due to the high human traffic in a park, was less inclined to fly immediately so I was able to get closer than the RSH at home will allow.

When they first appeared, the red shouldered hawks put on a show for us, calling, circling high overhead, folding wings and diving, then swooping upward again. Identification was mostly by their distinctive call, a midrange kee-you, kee-you, kee- you, kee-you.  Then one individual perched in a tree only 10' outside a window a few years ago and indentification was confirmed by sight.  The day I took this pic, I thought I saw only one individual but knew that couldn't be true.  Then, I heard a call distinct from the one I hear most often and saw the two flying together. Soon, a third joined, I snapped, then a fourth but they were too spread apart to get all four in one pic.

2005 March, this pair perched long enough for me to fetch my camera from the house.
Fortunately, the garage door was already open and I didn't scare them away with that noise..

This specimen perched long enough for me to walk up to its tree and snap.
They normally fly as I approach but maybe they're getting used to me as being of no danger to them.

The hawks often fly thru our woods in a pair, one leading, another following, and may or may not perch together.  This pair flew from perch to perch, landing close to each other but too far away to get a good pic with only 2X zoom.  This was as good as I got.  They were not inclined to stay perched as I got closer.