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Accipiter striatus
A small hawk, less than 12 inches tall and barely larger than the pigeon or dove it was eating. It was standing on top of its prey to eat.
Near a pond in a park in western Boca Raton, FL
Seemed like a young bird around the size of a kestrel but not a kestrel. Very fluffy feathers on the legs. It stopped eating when it saw me and waited to continue until I had distanced myself from him.