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Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
46.9809, -123.889
Field Notes
Description:
Large bird,golden feathers with dark markings. Yellow beak,eye appears to have dark stripe.
Habitat:
This bird has been hunting along the bay and marshy areas.
Notes:
This large bird is new to my area. Distinct golden colored feathers and beak. It flies semi low and raids geese and ducks resting in shoreline grasses. I observed it hunting and capturing a small mammal in a bay area of driftwood and marsh grass. It glides and has a tipping pattern similar to vultures and hawks. It is slightly smaller then a eagle. It is larger then a hawk.
Species ID Suggestions
2
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedJune 14, 2013
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