Red-tailed Hawk
Birds of the Canadian Badlands
The Red-tailed Hawk occupies a wide range of habitats and
altitudes, including deserts, grasslands, coniferous and deciduous
forests, tropical rainforests, agricultural fields and urban areas.
It lives throughout the North American continent, except in areas
of unbroken forest or the high arctic. It is legally protected in
Canada. The Red-tailed Hawk is carnivorous, and an opportunistic
feeder. Its diet is mainly small mammals, but it also includes
birds and reptiles. Prey varies with regional and seasonal
availability, but usually centers on rodents, comprising up to 85%
of a hawk's diet. The Red-tailed Hawk is abundant in the Canadian
Badlands.
This cache is part of the Legacy Trail produced by the Canadian
Badlands Geocaching Association for the Best of the Bad Mega
Event.
The Legacy Trail
The Legacy Trail is a collection of geocaches that circles its
way over 100 miles on country roads traversing some of the most
scenic and spectacular landscape in this part of the Canadian
Badlands. A large number of caches in a variety of types, sizes and
difficulty are placed on the Trail. Every town, village and hamlet
in the Canadian Badlands has its own cache. Some caches were named
after local historic events and people, as well as celebrities who
grew up in this area. Some caches were sponsored by geocachers who
attended the Best of the Bad Mega Event. The Legacy Trail was
produced by the Canadian Badlands Geocaching Association for the
Best of the Bad Mega Event.
The Canadian Badlands
The Canadian Badlands in Alberta are like no other place on
earth, home to the world's most extensive dinosaur bonebeds,
badlands and hoodoos, and a world-class museum that shelters a 75
million-year-old legacy. The region is rich in culturally and
historically significant sites that tell the story of the First
Nations people and early settlers, and of a complex and diverse
modern society that is still deeply rooted in the spirit of the
frontier.
