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Red-tailed Hawk (Juvenile)

Buteo jamaicensis

Photo by dferris
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Field Notes

Description:

Hawk first spotted feeding on the ground on the roadside. Flew into the tree once a drove up. It has a streaked belly, making me think it's a red tailed. It didn't have a red tail, so I'm thinking it's a juvenile.

Habitat:

Roadside

Reference Links:

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

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
AshleyT
Yes, immature red-tail hawk

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Great Lakes Monitoring
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Birds of Michigan
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Life of Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2016

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