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Red Tailed Hawk (dark morph)

Buteo jamaicensis

Photo by petite4351
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Field Notes

Description:

This is a dark morph Red Tailed Hawk. We have seen it frequently in the same spot near the interstate.

Habitat:

The Red-tailed Hawk is a bird of open country. Look for it along fields and perched on telephones poles, fence posts, or trees standing alone or along edges of fields.

Reference Links:

Red-tailed Hawk, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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Comments (3)
EmilyMarino
OMG, what a gorgeous red-tailed hawk!!! (and an accomplished hunter!) Feel free to post more of this guy in the future! ;)

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