Are hawks loners, or could this group of 3 circling my house be hawks?

[Jeffross1968]

I am having issues with a hawk (like so many others right now). Anyway, it's always been a single red tail hanging around. But looking up right now, I see 3 very large birds circling my house, some hundreds of feet high. Could they be hawks, or are hawks primarily loners?

 

[FireTigeris]

check hawk and vulture shadows

hawks flap even when soaring vultures rarely flap.

http://www.surfbirds.com/namericanbirds/hawk-owl.html

But it might be a migratory set or Juvenal with parents.

 

[tellynpeep]

Some hawks are already starting to migrate. If they are that high, they are riding the thermals and likely not hunting.

 

[Mattemma]

We counted over 20 one day.Typically we have 2 or 3.They each seem to stake out an area for themselves,and you can hear them *talking* to each other.Most will hopefully move on.

 

[Oregon Blues]

It's most likely buzzards and no threat to your poultry. They soar high, are quite large, and they soar in groups.

I've seen 3 hawks together when the youngsters are being trained to hunt, but it is not common to see groups of hawks together, With the hawks and eagles, I occasionally see pairs, but not often and rarely in groups larger than that.