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JUST flew onto branch @ my front door! (Original Post) elleng Jul 22 OP
What a beauty griffi94 Jul 22 #1
A big hawk (I guess?). Nice picture. SWBTATTReg Jul 22 #2
Red Tail? MontanaMama Jul 22 #3
Gorgeous! Nictuku Jul 22 #4
The one by one,... magicarpet Jul 22 #5
That's so beautiful sagetea Jul 22 #6
Quite possibly a first year Red-tailed Hawk (RTHA). Probatim Jul 22 #7
Thanks so much for the details, Probatim. elleng Jul 22 #8

Nictuku

(3,830 posts)
4. Gorgeous!
Mon Jul 22, 2024, 02:21 PM
Jul 22

I have a different reaction when I see one of these beauties on one of the trees near my house. I chase them away!

They come to hunt the other birds that come to my bird feeders.

So it is a Love/Hate relationship I have with hawks.

sagetea

(1,426 posts)
6. That's so beautiful
Mon Jul 22, 2024, 02:41 PM
Jul 22

And eerie! I had a fledgling red tailed in my yard for 10 days and it flew off, she’s back and sitting in my oak tree! Gonna try to post a pic!

Just tried to post a picture but it isn’t working for my.


sage

Probatim

(2,952 posts)
7. Quite possibly a first year Red-tailed Hawk (RTHA).
Mon Jul 22, 2024, 02:46 PM
Jul 22

Chest markings and lack of red on the tail make me think this. Only adult RTHA have the reddish tails. Juveniles are darker with faint/narrow bands on the tail.

Too thick to be an accipiter (Cooper's or Sharp-shinned hawks).

It could be a different buteo (Red-shouldered or Broad-winged hawks) but given your location and time of the year - plus the dark bands on the white feathers under the tail - make me think it's an RTHA.

(Laughing at myself being a bird geek on a political forum.)

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