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+ | Medium-sized hawk with long tail and thin wings. Flies with wings held in a V-shape, low over open fields and marshes, listening for rodents lurking below. Distinctive foraging behavior and conspicuous white patch on rump in all plumage's. Females and immature s are warm brown. Adult males gray above and whitish below with black wingtips. | ||
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(Accipiter striatus) | (Accipiter striatus) |
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Hawks, like Eagles, Falcons, Osprey, and Owls, are birds of prey.
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Northern Harrier
(Circus Hudsonius)
Medium-sized hawk with long tail and thin wings. Flies with wings held in a V-shape, low over open fields and marshes, listening for rodents lurking below. Distinctive foraging behavior and conspicuous white patch on rump in all plumage's. Females and immature s are warm brown. Adult males gray above and whitish below with black wingtips.
Sharp-Shinned Hawk
(Accipiter striatus)
Coopers Hawk
(Accipiter cooperii)
Northern Goshawk
(Accipiter gentilis)
Red-Shouldered Hawk
(Buteo lineatus)
Broad-Winged Hawk
(Buteo platypterus)
Red-Tailed Hawk
(Buteo jamaicensis)
Rough-Legged Hawk
(Buteo lagopus)