A Red-tailed Hawk
A Red-tailed Hawk soaring high, riding the thermals, looking down for food
At the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, in Bloomington
Nov 2, 2014
Taken with a Canon Rebel XSi 12.2 MP D-SLR Camera with a 75-300 canon lens
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Education: The guys who helped me ID this, said:
A Red-tailed Hawk. Check out the dark patagials. No other raptor in North America has dark patagials.
Some show little to no belly band or patagial markings. It’s pretty common. They have the most variable plumage of all of our raptors.
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