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Hawk

Broad-Winged or Red-Tailed Hawk

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Field Notes

Description:

We happened upon this young hawk in our front yard. He is devouring one of the menacing neighborhood pigeons who have taken to roosting on rooftops in droves. A family of hawks has moved in and is helping to clean up the neighborhood.

Habitat:

Spotted in Southern Arizona Desert area.

Species ID Suggestions

Broad-winged Hawk

Buteo platypterus

Comments (5)

Fascinating series! Kind of like the Bobcat cleaning up our rabbits.
Hi, Beth! Glad you found it! Welcome! It is really fun. You can post a photo and ask for ID...really fun!
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PublishedSeptember 3, 2012

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