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Buteo lineatus
Red, black, brown and white hawk. There are black and white striped on the front of its wings. Video is of the same hawk earlier in the morning on a power pole. It was getting harassed by Hummingbirds. It taps its foot on the pole, not sure why. You can hear Blue Jays and Hummingbirds in the clip.
On a condemned children's fort in the shade of a large Pepper Tree. It later flew to a Red Gum tree next to it.
Sorry I don't have much of a zoom :)
Spotted on Sep 17, 2011
Submitted on Sep 17, 2011
3 Comments
After looking a while, I'm thinking a Red-shouldered Hawk based on the stripes in the front of the wings and red chest.
Definitely could be! I recall it was very loud but of course stopped when I started recording. Wish I could recall the exact sound.
It's so little -- maybe it's an American Kestrel?