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Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Photo by Noahs Ark
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Field Notes

Description:

It had captured a bird and proceeded to pluck it of feathers. (Presumably to eat) It was fairly large.

Habitat:

Shoreline at Mountain View Park

Notes:

The video I took of this bird is found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws8m7DUX9zw

Reference Links:

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

Species ID Suggestions

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Reference Link
ForestDragon
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Comments (1)
Noahs Ark
Thanks again for the identification, ForestDragon!

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Wilderness Friends of California
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Raptors of California
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Birds of California/Arizona
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Ecology of California
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PublishedMay 13, 2017

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