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Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

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Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

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MSJpsweemer
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MSJpsweemer
While most likely IS a Red-tailed hawk, there are other species in the area, I believe. It could possibly even be a Northern Goshawk, but from this angle it is difficult to ID the features of plumage (Goshawk has a brown and white mottled torso), but a juvenile looks similar to a Red-tailed Hawk.
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2012

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