"Texas birders often say that any large hawk should be considered a red-tail until proven otherwise ..." So be it. "The typical adult red-tailed hawk appears white underneath, with a series of short brown streaks forming a 'belly-band' that shows up easily against pale plumage .... It perches on telephone poles and fence posts along every roadway and hunts over open woodlands, cultivated fields, pastures and desert scrub."

The bird in flight.

This contrasts the back pattern of the Red-Tailed Hawk & the Red-Shouldered Hawk.

Photo taken with a Nikon D80 using a Nikon 400mm f/5.6 lens.

May 22, 2009.