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Photo by EllaSagarin
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Field Notes

Description:

this bird is very scruffy, and has spots all over it. it definitely resembles a falcon, but i don't know!!!

Habitat:

i think in pretty much all of the usa.

Species ID Suggestions

Immature Cooper's Hawk

Accipiter cooperii
luvnature
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Cooper's Hawk (immature)

Accipiter cooperii

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Comments (4)
Malcolm Wilton-Jones
Red-tailed hawks have - usually a reddish tail with a single dark band near the tip on the underside. This bird clearly has two dark bands on the underside at least, a featured not apparent on any of the red-tailed morphs!
Liam
Falcons have shorter tails. The long tails are pretty diagnostic for an accipiter hawk.

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2011 Best Wildlife Photo
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PublishedDecember 3, 2011

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