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#1 birdhouse

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Posted 23 August 2012 - 05:49 PM

I zeroed in on this beautiful female pileated woodpecker through the windshield of the car today and completely missed the big hawk on the same wire. Didn't see it until I uploaded the photo. It blew me away. The pileated is of course totally identifiable, but what kind of hawk?

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#2 TheBillyPilgrim

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Posted 23 August 2012 - 05:50 PM

Red-Shouldered Hawk. Cool picture!

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Posted 23 August 2012 - 05:51 PM

I agree with red-shouldered and cool pic!! I've never seen a pileated on a wire!

#4 Wendy W

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Posted 23 August 2012 - 07:15 PM

Super cool picture! Great capture!

#5 Kaysei

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Posted 23 August 2012 - 10:28 PM

Niiiiiice!

#6 Dan922

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Posted 24 August 2012 - 05:18 AM

real nice




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