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Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

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Field Notes

Description:

Red-tailed Hawk is brown above,pale yellow tint below,with a streaked belly and wing underside with a dark bar between shoulder and wrist. The tail of a mature Red-tailed Hawk is a warm reddish cinnamon color. Yellow legs and feet.
Pictured above is a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk.

Habitat:

Bay,fields and forest areas of shoreline.

Notes:

This Hawk spent several minutes at each stop it made. It traveled 25-50 feet between stops to perch and observe.

Reference Links:

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

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Comments (2)
Tishanne Patterson
Thank you ChristyHolland. I have been following the Hawks and taking so many pictures in a day bringing them together in the upload. I did not separate them. Thanks again for your help.
ChristyHolland
Nice series, Tishanne! It looks like you have 2 different birds here...both Red-Tailed Hawks. The first 2 pics show a Juvenile, and the remaining show an adult. You can separate them into two spottings if you want, as each "spotting" is usually one sighting of one bird.

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PublishedOctober 21, 2013

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