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Hawk

Notes:

not sure which one of the many hawks it is

5 Comments

ForestDragon
ForestDragon 11 years ago

This looks like a Red-shouldered Hawk. Florida adults are often quite pale compared to other regions. This looks just like the picture of the Florida adult in my Sibley Guide to Birds.

MichelleMccracken
MichelleMccracken 11 years ago

ok

MarshallWeber
MarshallWeber 11 years ago

Actually it was the same person twice but yea I would list it as that if I were you!

MichelleMccracken
MichelleMccracken 11 years ago

ok I see the red shouldered often, but this guy had a slightly different look to it, thanks to you both , so do I list this as Red Shouldered?

MarshallWeber
MarshallWeber 11 years ago

This is the Florida subspecies which looks much paler than the more medium colored eastern subspecies and the very heavily orange-colored California subspecies. Nice shot! This along with the Red-tailed Hawk are probably the two most common hawks in the southeast.

MichelleMccracken
Spotted by
MichelleMccracken

Florida, USA

Spotted on Aug 5, 2012
Submitted on Aug 7, 2012

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