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Buteo jamaicensis
This is a dark morph Red Tailed Hawk. We have seen it frequently in the same spot near the interstate.
The Red-tailed Hawk is a bird of open country. Look for it along fields and perched on telephones poles, fence posts, or trees standing alone or along edges of fields.
Spotted on Mar 5, 2013
Submitted on Mar 5, 2013
3 Comments
Beautiful!!
Thank you Emily!
OMG, what a gorgeous red-tailed hawk!!! (and an accomplished hunter!) Feel free to post more of this guy in the future! ;)