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Red-shouldered hawk and Northern Flicker

Buteo lineatus and Colaptes auratus

Photo by DorothyD
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

The one on tne the left appears to be a Red Shouldered Hawk and on the right and slightly above is a Northern Flicker. Poor quality photo due to iPhone -> spotting scope -> setting sun!

Habitat:

Riparian area below my house.

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Comments (2)
DorothyD
Cool! Thanks for the quick feedback! I'll update my spotting. (this is awesome! I can't wait to upload a couple of more raptors that are unknown/unsure about.)
Fyn Kynd
You are correct, Left: Red-shouldered Hawk, Right: Northern Flicker. Nice!

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Northern California Flora and Fauna
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PublishedApril 3, 2013

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