Oh to be young and have a red tail

Didereaux · Oct 22, 2016

ZombiesniperJr · Oct 22, 2016

Nice shot but this looks like a juvenile red shouldered hawk not red tail red tails don't have the white banding on the tail red shoulderd hawks do

Didereaux · Oct 23, 2016

ZombiesniperJr said:
Nice shot but this looks like a juvenile red shouldered hawk not red tail red tails don't have the white banding on the tail red shoulderd hawks do

Red tails have many thin bands as this one does, red shouldered has fewer and wider. there are other distinguishing characteristics as well. One which does not show in pictures is size. It's a Red-tailed.