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Red-shouldered Hawk

Buteo lineatus

Photo by QWMom
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34.01, -84.58

Field Notes

Description:

Large hawk with brown upperparts and head. Underparts are white with rust-red barring. The wings are finely barred above with red-brown shoulders and pale below with red-brown wash and dark tips. Tail is dark with thick white bands.

Habitat:

Resident in the eastern woodlands and west of the Rocky Mountains; also in New England and the Great Lakes region during the summer.

Notes:

Spotted watching the ducks nad geesein a detention/retention pond in an office building complex in Kennesaw, GA

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Comments (2)

Great spotting! I'd love this in the Raptor mission too!! ;-)

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