Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Red tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Habitat:

foothills

3 Comments

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

Also any reason for the colors on this hawk?
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/194...
Breeding plumage?

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

I can see the band. I am so used to seeing these in the sky that i decided to keep the image even though it is not the best.

EmilyMarino
EmilyMarino 11 years ago

Hi Hemma, despite the grainy image, I believe this is a red-tailed hawk. You can see a slight belly band! Cheers!

HemaShah
Spotted by
HemaShah

Concord, California, USA

Spotted on Mar 18, 2013
Submitted on Mar 18, 2013

Related Spottings

Buzzard Buteo buteo 普通鵟 Buzzard Common buzzard

Nearby Spottings

Red Tailed Hawks House Finch Pink Water Lily Nutalls woodpecker
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team