IMG_4832_Hawk (red-tailed?) and red-winged blackbird at cruising altitude
Not sure on the ID, but I'm leaning toward juvenile, probably a red-tailed or Swainson's hawk. Even with a tail that isn't terribly red, more toward red-tailed with the heavy beak, and lack of a white "beard." But maybe a dark morph... It does not appear to be doing the "hunch" of a red-shouldered hawk.
Suggestions and actual knowledge are welcome.
Spotted on my ride home over the Yolo Causeway.
IMG_4832_Hawk (red-tailed?) and red-winged blackbird at cruising altitude
Not sure on the ID, but I'm leaning toward juvenile, probably a red-tailed or Swainson's hawk. Even with a tail that isn't terribly red, more toward red-tailed with the heavy beak, and lack of a white "beard." But maybe a dark morph... It does not appear to be doing the "hunch" of a red-shouldered hawk.
Suggestions and actual knowledge are welcome.
Spotted on my ride home over the Yolo Causeway.