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Audubon Plate # 56, Red-shouldered Hawk. $450
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Print size: 26 1/4" x 39 1/4"; image size:
25" x 37"
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Painted in Louisiana in 1825.
Audubon studied the habits of the pair of hawks
represented here over a period of three years, and this devotion resulted in one of the
finest works he did in Louisiana before sailing to Liverpool in 1826. "The
mutual attachment of the male and the female continues during life," Audubon
wrote. "They usually hunt in pairs during the whole year; and although they
built a new nest every spring, they are fond of resorting to the same parts of the woods
for that purpose."
Although it has been known as the "big chicken
hawk," and "hen hawk," only a small percentage of the red-shouldered hawk's
food is made up of poultry. In truth, the bird is very valuable to the farmer, with
ninety percent of its prey made up of mammals and insects injurious to his crops.
EHJ
