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Red Tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

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Description:

Saw 2 of these on the way home from the coast today. Both were easily 3 or 4 times bigger than the usual sized red tailed hawk we saw just up the road. Mistook her for an eagle until we were close enough to see her colors!

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Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

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EmilyMarino
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Comments (3)
Michelle Parish
Thank you both... I thought I was nuts thinking a hawk could get this big!
EmilyMarino
I agree with AshleyT! Definitely a RTH! Females can get pretty large and are often mistaken for eagles from a distance. She's a pretty girl. I love her belly band - it looks like lace!
AshleyT
This is still a red-tailed Hawk. The spotted belly band is a pretty good indication for them. Some female red-tails can definitely be the size of eagles, I bet that's what these larger ones were!

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PublishedMarch 3, 2013

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