Immature hawks can be tricky! This is an immature Red-tailed Hawk. Start with the white dots on the back that form a wide "V"; this narrows it down to a Buteo. The light colored eye and barred tail with wider light bands and narrower dark bands help narrow it down to a Red-tail. An immature Red-shouldered Hawk will have chocolate colored eyes and a barred tail with wide dark bands and narrow light bands. Notice how the wing tips end midway down the tail. An Osprey's wings are longer than its tail when perched. Great picture!
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On Nov 22, 2024, at 7:28 PM, 'Lynn Feindel' via Maine birds <maine-birds@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Taken 11/3/24 from our house in Harpswell - it hung out in a tree across the street for several minutes. I know Osprey are rare by this date, but it seemed too big to be a red-tail and several pictures I looked at on raptor websites showed osprey looking just like this.
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