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Hawk

Broad-Winged or Red-Tailed Hawk

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Description:

We happened upon this young hawk in our front yard. He is devouring one of the menacing neighborhood pigeons who have taken to roosting on rooftops in droves. A family of hawks has moved in and is helping to clean up the neighborhood.

Habitat:

Spotted in Southern Arizona Desert area.

1 Species ID Suggestions

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Voddy
Voddy 11 years ago
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus Broad-winged Hawk


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5 Comments

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alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 11 years ago

Fascinating series! Kind of like the Bobcat cleaning up our rabbits.

ChristinaMaloneyNorberg
ChristinaMaloneyNorberg 11 years ago

Hi, Beth! Glad you found it! Welcome! It is really fun. You can post a photo and ask for ID...really fun!

Wendy Sherratt Hogan
Wendy Sherratt Hogan 11 years ago

Nice spottings!

Jeannette
Jeannette 11 years ago

And welcome to Project Noah :)

Jeannette
Jeannette 11 years ago

Wow, great series :)

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BethMaloneyKennedy
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BethMaloneyKennedy

Sahuarita, Arizona, USA

Spotted on Sep 3, 2012
Submitted on Sep 3, 2012

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