The Florida red-tailed hawk ("Buteo jamaicensis umbrinus") is a subspecies of red-tailed hawk. The western red-tailed hawk ("Buteo jamaicensis calurus") is a subspecies of the red-tailed hawk. The hawk Gattling captures in the story is a red-tailed hawk ("Buteo jamaicensis"). Predators of this mouse include barn owls ("Tyto alba") and red-tailed hawks ("Buteo jamaicensis"). Northern goshawks ("Accipiter gentilis") and red-tailed hawks ("Buteo jamaicensis") nest in the area.