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Red-shouldered Hawk (nestling)

Buteo lineatus

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Description:

You can just barely see one of the brown wing of one of the parents in the nest as it is feeding the nestling. Whatever it had caught, it would bend its beak down and rip it out so the nestling could gobble it down.

Habitat:

Spotted in a tall pine tree in my backyard.

Notes:

Previous related spottings:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/17745444
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/21608252
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/23445014
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/23204021
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/24611134

Reference Links:

Red-shouldered Hawk - Buteo lineatus - Overview, Red-shouldered Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornitholo…

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Birds of the Southeast U.S.
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Backyard Birding Southeastern USA
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Southeastern raptors
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PublishedMay 28, 2013

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