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Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Description:

Red Tail Hawk

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Red-tailed hawk
Buteo jamaicensis Red-tailed Hawk
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5 Comments

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Nice!

EmilyMarino
EmilyMarino 12 years ago

This looks like a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk. The tail is not red yet, but you can see all the stripes on the tail feathers, which indicates its a young bird.

MatthewFuller
MatthewFuller 12 years ago

How far away from you was the bird? Its a great shot

galewhale..Gale
galewhale..Gale 13 years ago

Cornell Lab points out that most hawks you see along highways perched in trees or on wires are Red tailed hawks. That neat to know!

galewhale..Gale
galewhale..Gale 13 years ago

I think you are right it is a red-tailed hawk but not sure. Here is more info about them including their call which is the one they uses in all westerns and nature films that show romantic images of open prairies:

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/red-t...

PeterEngel
Spotted by
PeterEngel

New York, USA

Spotted on Mar 30, 2011
Submitted on Mar 30, 2011

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