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Elizabeth Redcay
Florissant, MO, USA
I watched him swoop in and land on the light pole. I have a feed bird feeders with small birds for him to stalk. My neighborhood is in between two seperate creeks and there are always birds of prey nearby. It was amazing to see the winter plumage up close. I got the binoculars out.
Predatory birds
Red Tailed Hawk right outside my house. I watched it from my porch for a while. You can see the winter plumage.
Are you sure it isn’t a Red-shouldered Hawk? https://ebird.org/species/reshaw
This looks like a red-shouldered hawk
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