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Red-tailed Hawk (immature)

Buteo jamaicensis

Photo by James McNair
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

This lovely hawk was wet and drying his wings, not sure but think Red-shouldered

Species ID Suggestions

Red-tailed Hawk - immature

Buteo jamaicensis

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AshleyT
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Comments (2)
AshleyT
Happy new year to you too! Yes, the immatures have a lot of thin bands on the tail, whereas a red-shouldered would have much wider bands
James McNair
Thanks Ashley, I thought of a Red-tail but the tail didn't seem red enough. Immature makes sense. Happy New Year by the way!
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2017

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