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Buteo swainsoni
Intermediate morph
Dark head, back and wings. The breast and underwings have brown patterning and being lighter on lesser converts. Yellow legs and yellow beak with dark tip. Banded tail.
Thought I was getting better at IDing hawks. But this one got me. Yellow and black beak. Dark back. Barred tail
I'm pretty sure it is a Swainson's Hawk. The bands on the tail are too distinct to be an eagle. As for morph those can vary.
Spotted on Apr 4, 2014
Submitted on Apr 4, 2014
