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Red Tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Photo by michel.abdul
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Notes:

The little bird on the top left was about to attack the hawk in the first picture and it had just hit the hawk in the second picture.

Species ID Suggestions

American Kestrel

Falco sparverius

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Red tail Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

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natashagr33n
The larger bird is the Red Tail, and the samller the Kestrel.
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PublishedMay 2, 2011

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