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dead hawk in mid North Carolina, Eastern United States (1 Viewer)

Notice the pale lines on the secondaries in image 1 which sayé Red-shouldered Hawk. Tail/wing lenght is visible which is better for RSH.

JanJ
 
Curious. Any power lines bordering your yard? I ask only because in the past month I have come across 2 dead hawks that seemed to have landed on the wrong spot of a transformer. Both were directly underneath a utility pole.
 
before we figured out this was a Red shouldered hawk, how did yall decide on Sharpie instead of coopers?

Oh no! Now I really made myself look stupid! :C I meant to guess Coopers not Sharp-shinned! I knew that one of them was only in NC during the winter (according to Sibley) and I thought it was the Cooper! Turns out it is the Sharpie that is only here during the witnter....argh! If I would have known that I never would have guessed Sharpie or Cooper. Guess that makes you the better birder SP! ;) 3:)
 
No, I don't have any power lines. Thanks everyone for helping to ID it as a red-shouldered hawk. It's too bad it couldn't survive to adulthood.
 
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