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Tag: Buteo jamaicensis
Sentinel.
I drove an hour yesterday for a morning of birding, only to find this fellow perched high in a sycamore over my parking spot when I returned home.
He’s not presenting all of the field marks I could hope for, but I think this is a youngling red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), whose eyes and breast feathers will keep darkening as he matures. Your ID suggestions and corrections are always welcome.
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Hanging out, hanging on.
Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) in a cottonwood that’s holding on to its last leaves. On the Anza Trail near Tumacácori, Santa Cruz County, Arizona.
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