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Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
33.6037, -114.217
Field Notes
Description:
Most Red-tailed Hawks are rich brown above and pale below, with a streaked belly and, on the wing underside, a dark bar between shoulder and wrist. The tail is usually pale below and cinnamon-red above.
Habitat:
Open areas.
Notes:
Found perched on a dead Ironwood tree in the Sonoran Desert, Southwest Arizona. We often see them perched on the power poles along the highways.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedOctober 28, 2011
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