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Red Tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Description:

It was sleeping until we pulled up and stopped to admire it. Then woke to see a dove next to it further down on the wire.

Habitat:

Farm Fields

1 Species ID Suggestions

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 12 years ago
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis Red-tailed Hawk


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2 Comments

meganhartson
meganhartson 12 years ago

Thanks thats what I though it was but I wasn't sure. I have seen red tails in this area. Heres a better pic of one that shows the red tail in the same area http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/760...

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 12 years ago

Red-tails come in "light," "intermediate," and "dark" color morphs. I think this is a light juvenile.

meganhartson
Spotted by
meganhartson

Michigan, USA

Spotted on Aug 30, 2011
Submitted on Oct 20, 2011

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