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Red Tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Photo by mrstsang2
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

female red tailed hawk

Habitat:

Urban setting

Notes:

was being attacked by blue jays but did not respond for fear of death

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Ava T-B
A cool thing about red-tails is that the males are about 1/4 smaller than the females; this lets them both hunt in the same area but not compete as the male takes smaller prey and the female takes larger prey.
mrstsang2
was resting on east side of building during the afternoon heat has a mate in the area

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PublishedOctober 14, 2011

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