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Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Photo by Tom15
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Field Notes

Notes:

This Red-tail was feeding on a rabbit caught just off the edge of the road at the Parker River NWR.

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Comments (9)
Tom15
Thank you Staccy.
staccyh
As always, lovely photos Tom.
RiekoS
Beautiful hawk and nice pictures.
Tom15
This Red-tail was intent on eating its catch. I noticed it in the shadows at the edge of the road because a guy on a bicycle was stopped directly across from it. I took these pictures from 40 feet away and the hawk just kept on eating.
Ava T-B
Nature red in tail, tooth, and claw!

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Birds - Northeast US
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PublishedOctober 31, 2013

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