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Field Notes
Description:
Large bird the size and conformation of a hawk. Dark eyes. Not a prominently hooked beak from the distance I could see. Brown with band spots of white. Brown across the eyes. Gave a two-note call, two loud distinct caws. Early in the morning, the bird would stand on the top of a tree snag and make its calls like a complaint to Mom to "feed me". I got the impression it was a young bird, perhaps a fledgling.
Habitat:
In Oregon ash, white oak, yew and hazel forest on wetlands which included open ponds and grassy fields; in the Willamette Valley.
Notes:
I grew up around red tail hawks, and if this was one it acted and sounded differently from any I've seen before. Perhaps a red-shouldered hawk?
Species ID Suggestions
Red-shouldered Hawk (juvenile)
Buteo lineatus
1
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedJuly 17, 2014
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