Image of Swainson's Hawk
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I am having major computer issues and was barely able to edit these enough to help me narrow down id. After a LOT of time doing that and then studying think i am correct here. I believe this is a sub-adult, light morph of this species. We first saw it and thought it was red-tailed because the tail did appear to have rufous coloration. Where the Swainson's light morph has darker or gray tail. But i found that there is a first molt or sub-adult plumage where the tail appears to have more of a brown or at least lighter color. Hopefully the true experts can chime in if I am wrong and I will turn in my guide books. Lol.
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