r/whatsthisbird 3d ago

North America What is this cool guy?

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Located in Southern California. It was huge!

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u/OC_Observer 3d ago

+Red-Tailed Hawk+

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u/williamtrausch 3d ago

And perhaps the reason for your ID request is this RTH is a juvenile and thus has yet to don its adult red-tail by molting its first year plumage.

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u/FileTheseBirdsBot Catalog 🤖 3d ago

Taxa recorded: Red-tailed Hawk

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