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Red Tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Photo by petite4351
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Field Notes

Description:

Just taking off to hunt in a field by the road.

Habitat:

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

Reference Links:

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

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (7)
LuckyLogan
You have some beautiful pictures petite! If you spot more in Iowa, make sure to add them to my mission, they would be an awesome addition! http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/21496237
Ursula
cute bird-love these! :)
ChristyHolland
Great capture!! I'd love you to add this (and your other spottings that apply) to the mission Raptors of North America: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8627557

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PublishedMarch 10, 2013

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