Hawks or buzzards are birds of prey, or raptors; they are smaller than eagles and less agile than falcons. They are general predators, catching mostly rodents, birds, reptiles and insects on the ground, rare1y in the air, capturing them from a site in a tree or pole or flying at medium altitude and nose diving down on their prey. There are 28 species of hawks of the genus Buteo, which originated on the American continent, but at present they ar...