"Females are brown above and heavily streaked below; immatures resemble females, but with cinammon breasts. All, however, have slender bodies, long wings and tails, and the white rumps easily visible in flight" (The Birds of Texas, p. 153)

I originally identified this as a Merlin, but the pattern on its wings also differs from the Merlin and there is the difference in the white patch on the rump.

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November 11, 2011.