Originally posted by UserAccessDenied Hard to tell... Looks like breast streaking and thin white banding on tail. I'd say either Red-Tailed Hawk or Red-Shouldered Hawk.
If you can remember the breast streaking and tail that will help.
On the one hand, I would lean toward immature red-shoulder because the throat appears to be dark and the breast appears to be streaked. I'd rule out adult red-shoulder because of the width of the tail bars. On the other hand, the width of the tail bars does suggest immature red-tail. It's hard to tell whether the red-shoulder's translucent patches at the base of the primaries are absent because the lighting conditions were not conducive, or because it's a red-tail.
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