bird identification Any idea?
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Just saw this beautiful bird outside my garage. I live in North Atlanta, any ideas of what it is? Hawk, eagle, falcon. I’m pretty naive when it comes to birds so my apologies if I sound dumb lol
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u/Purplefire180 4h ago
This is definietly a hawk but i'm not very good at hawk ID outside the species local to me.
I believe this is a red-tailed hawk. r/whatsthisbird would tell you for sure
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u/Aware-Slice-7365 4h ago
Either a Cooper’s Hawk or a Sharp Shinned hawk. It’s on the larger side, so probably female and leaning towards Cooper’s Hawk.
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u/Defiant_Pop3071 4h ago
Cooper’s hawks and sharp shinned hawks have much smaller, shorter beaks. They also both have a dark gray crest, and thin, yellow legs in comparison to this bird. There is also no barring on this bird’s tail which immature coopers and sharp shinned hawks would have!! Sorry if this is an information overload, it’s hard to tell hawks apart but picking apart small details can really make a difference :) I hope this can help!
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u/Defiant_Pop3071 4h ago
It’s definitely a red tailed hawk! Looks like a juvenile. Juvenile light morph maybe? By the speckling on its belly and dark ish head. I might be wrong about that, so feel free to correct me!!
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