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[ILWIorAZ]

How old is this juvenile? They flew together right overhead and cirlced higher and higher away from me. Northwest WI today. [attachment=98088:20120531.cdr 054.JPG]

[hawkhenries]

You have two different birds in your picture. One eagle and one hawk...not sure of the hawk id gotta look closer.

[MATT K]

Looks like the small one is a broad-winged hawk.

[psweet]

Agreed -- that's a Broad-winged Hawk.

[ILWIorAZ]

seriously, they were so playful, gliding gently. u all identified broad-winged hawk for me last year, i should have known!

[BarnSwallow]

A juvenile bald eagle that was old enough to fly would be the same size as the adult - even bigger if it was a female juvenile and a male parent. The juveniles can even look bigger because the wings are broader than an adults.

[Liam]

It's more likely that the Broad-winged Hawk was chasing the Eagle out of its territory than playing with it. Raptors don't tend to interact with raptors of another species unless something unpleasant is going on.

[betiam]

Regardless, it's a great picture.

[Seattle]

Eagles are nest raiders - they take countless great blue heron babies around here. I'm sure the hawk was trying to suggest to the eagle to find a new neighborhood.