Like many birds of prey living in deciduous woods, these hawks often line their nests with fresh leafy branches. These are plucked from the vicinity of the nest at first, but the male brings in fresh branches even after the nest is finished and incubation is underway. Gray Hawks feed mainly on lizards, dropping on them from a perch.

description 16-18" (41-46 cm). W. 3' (91 cm). A small compact hawk with a yellow cere; pale gray above with white underparts finely barred with gray, and bold white bands on tail. Immatures have streaked brown upperparts, pale underparts blotched with dark brown, narrowly banded tail.

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