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Red Tailed Hawk

Photo by valeriedperry
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Notes:

Spotted on the White House grounds. Is it a hawk or a falcon? And how do you tell?

Species ID Suggestions

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

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Comments (2)
ChristyHolland
Beautiful capture of a young Red-Tailed Hawk! Welcome to Project Noah! I'd love you to add this spotting to the mission Raptors of North America: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8627557
Maria dB
Wonderful spotting - welcome to Noah!

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Raptors of North America
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
Photographed
PublishedOctober 27, 2013

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