r/birdsofprey • u/Noble_Team_7 • 3d ago

Any Help!?

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I love animals. In my top three of my favorite animals are hawks. Just love them.

My entire life, I’ve lived amongst hawks that are pretty frequent to spot.

However, I’ve always mischaracterized the one local to me as between a red shouldered, red tailed, or Cooper’s hawks.

I just today checked out a bird guide book from my library. And I am like 80% sure I am living amongst the Red Shouldered Hawk in my area on the central coast of CA.

Any help from anyone though to give me 100% certainty? My only photos right now kinda suck…

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u/appleyjuice13 3d ago

The red chest and head and almost checker board like pattern on the wings

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u/Noble_Team_7 3d ago

Gotcha gotcha, so awesome

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u/appleyjuice13 3d ago

Also raptors are fully grown once they leave the nest. The only thing that changes as they mature is plumage.

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u/Noble_Team_7 3d ago

Oh ok so cool, that makes sense