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ID please

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Posted by May Haga on September 30, 2010 at 4:45 PM
ID please
I am trying to make this into a Rough-legged Hawk. Would I be close?
Thanks for the help.
May
Posted by May Haga on September 30, 2010 at 4:46 PM
Here is a flight shot if this helps with the ID.
May
Posted by Richard Ditch on September 30, 2010 at 9:21 PM
Looks like a red-tail to me: dark belly band; dark bar on leading edge of underwing contrasting with paler wing linings; thin terminal band on tail tinted with red.
Posted by Luke Ormand on September 30, 2010 at 10:14 PM
I'm with Richard on this - Red-tailed Hawks have very variable plumage based on location in the US (and Canada for that matter). The band across the belly and the face look like a classic red-tailed.
Posted by Charles W. Melton on October 1, 2010 at 1:04 AM
It's a Red-tailed Hawk.
Posted by Jim DeWitt on October 1, 2010 at 1:08 AM
Red-tailed for sure. Sorry.
Posted by May Haga on October 24, 2010 at 10:48 AM
Thanks for all the input with the identification of this hawk. One of the reasons I did not think it was a redtail was because it just sat there as I drove up.
May