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Buteo jamaicensis

red-tailed hawk, dark morph

01.17.2010
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Another sweet-looking education bird at the Sitka Raptor Center.

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bird photography weekly: red-tailed hawk in backyard

06.21.2009

This snag is a favorite perch for all the backyard birds, but in particular for the raptors, since it gives a birds-eye view of both the wetlands behind and the open areas in our yard. Got birds?

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usually seen in trees

04.19.2008

I thought it was interesting that this red-tailed hawk was standing on the ground in the middle of the wetland. I saw the same thing another time, on the golf course. I’m assuming it was the same bird both times. It was not obviously eating either time, but my guess would be that the behavior [...]

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