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Buteo jamaicensis
Medium sized hawk. Perched in a tree over a wetland. Could only get a picture from behind before it flew off, so I'm not sure about the ID.
Wetland
Spotted on Sep 29, 2016
Submitted on Sep 29, 2016
2 Comments
Thank you. Now that I think about it, I'm guessing both pictures are probably the same bird. Pictures were taken in roughly the same location, a few hours apart. One seemed smaller, and a different angle made me think it was a different species.
Another immature red-tailed