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It appears to be a hawk, but I have never seen one with a white head. It does have a brown tail, so it could be a young hawk. Anyone care to identify?
Top of trees
Flew into our neighborhood, and noticed it because it was mostly white. When it flew off it seemed like a hawk, and may be a young one, since it didn't really have the confidence of flying.
So I think the Mississippi Kite is here to stay for a while, as we spotted two today (most likely nesting pairs). So as I was taking a picture of it high on top of the tree in my backyard, my said that a humming bird is in the bottle brush, when I turned my camera to take a picture the humming bird flew towards us, as did the kite, grabbing the humming bird in flight a few feet off the top of our heads. It flew to a branch in a tall tree and feasted on the humming bird. My wife was horrified, but I was amazed. The kites remained for most of the day circling above our house. Pretty amazing.
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Spotted on Jul 22, 2015
Submitted on Jul 23, 2015
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