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Red-Tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Description:

The Red-Tailed Hawk, a large, widespread and common buteo, has man recognizably different plumeages, owing to a variety of color morphs and age and racial variation; however, major differences are among color morphs; racial variations among adult and juvenile plumages are relatively minor, with the exception of the Harlan's Hawk.

Notes:

This lovely raptor hiding in the branches is a Intermediate (juvenile turning adult) Rufous Red-Tailed Hawk. Rufous, meaning the color of the plumage being a rusty red to rusty orange, is rarer among Red-Tails, and an intermediate, even rarer.

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8 Comments

Josh Asel
Josh Asel 11 years ago

Thank you Elsa

Elsa
Elsa 11 years ago

Beautiful!

Josh Asel
Josh Asel 11 years ago

Thank you Christy :) i wonder what caught his attention.

ChristyHolland
ChristyHolland 11 years ago

What a piercing stare!! Great capture, Joshua!

Josh Asel
Josh Asel 11 years ago

:) lol thanks Emily.

EmilyMarino
EmilyMarino 11 years ago

DROOL! What a beauty!

Josh Asel
Josh Asel 11 years ago

Thanks Gordon. i think it is thanks to the beautiful and scrambled branches that really helped set the picture's mood.

Gordon Dietzman
Gordon Dietzman 11 years ago

Raptors have such an intense look about them so much, and your photograph really captures this intensity. Nice....

Josh Asel
Spotted by
Josh Asel

Oregon, USA

Spotted on Feb 26, 2013
Submitted on Mar 3, 2013

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