RFK Jr. with his red-tailed hawk & sister Kerry.

The red-tailed hawk was also John's favorite bird.

"He [John] had an affinity for these birds, & because they are the most common of hawks--adaptive with territory in desert & forest from Canada to Panama--he was always pointing them out. We'd stop a moment, watch them soar, pay homage. It seemed to calm him that wherever he was, red-tailed hawks were there, watching over him like wild kindred spirits."
-"Come to the Edge" by Christina Haag