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Red Tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Photo by meganhartson
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43.8461, -83.3745

Field Notes

Description:

It was sleeping until we pulled up and stopped to admire it. Then woke to see a dove next to it further down on the wire.

Habitat:

Farm Fields

Species ID Suggestions

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

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Ava T-B
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Comments (2)
meganhartson
Thanks thats what I though it was but I wasn't sure. I have seen red tails in this area. Heres a better pic of one that shows the red tail in the same area http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7606335
Ava T-B
Red-tails come in "light," "intermediate," and "dark" color morphs. I think this is a light juvenile.
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PublishedOctober 20, 2011

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