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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Big Chain" data-source="post: 1381216" data-attributes="member: 69782">To give you some support, there are photos of Juv G'hawk in Wheeler's North American Raptors (page 40 and 180, G07) that may support your opinion, but the width of the banding on the tail may be bit too wide compare to the photo posted.Same with Juv RSH's photo (Page 53 RS 12), but the tail pattern and the long legs makes me question the hawk in the posted photo as Juv RSH.Then there is a photo of Juv Red-tailed Hawk (page 96, RT 38 and RT 40) that has very similar tail patten as the photo of the hawk posted, as well as someother features.I may be carrying this ID too far now, but I feel I must ID this bird, and the folks here can do that, I am sure of it !!Another thing to consider, the hawk has a kill (a N.Flicker  per above post), now which of the three hawks (Gosh, RSH or RT) would most likely to kill a flicker for lunch if that helps.</blockquote>