lassa8
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I took both of these pictures along the shore of a small lake today in northeastern Missouri. At first glance I thought that one of these two may have been an osprey, but now I'm not so sure. Could the first one be a broad-winged hawk? I wish I'd had binoculars with me, but my girlfriend would only take me to the lake if I left them behind (no birding! she said), but I at least got my camera along with me. The first one was much more distant than the second bird, but it definitely looked much smaller than the turkey vultures that were also in the same area as the sky. Any help is appreciated...I'm really horrible at hawks still.