Red Tail - Toronto, Ontario (1 Viewer)

[Potatoheaded Bobby]

Good morning to all,
Taken yesterday April 26/23. I believe this to be a juvenile Red Tail.
Has a kind of youngish inquisitive look about it. Your help as always will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance

 

[Butty]

The secondaries are quite strongly barred (suggesting red-shouldered hawk), but I think it probably is red-tailed hawk (chest-markings, narrow dark tail-bars). The tail-pattern then makes it immature.
It would help to see other photos with the head more side-on.

 

[nartreb]

I'm a little confused about the position of the wing - are we seeing barred feathers on the chest, or are those feathers part of the wing?

 

[rkj]

It looks like we are seeing some white and dark brown barred feathers on the breast and some light brown and dark brown barred feathers on the wing. I agree that this is a Red-tailed Hawk.

 

[AveryBartels]

Agreed with young Red-tailed

 

[Potatoheaded Bobby]

Thank you. They don't always give you that nice profile shot. This one did not hang around to pose.
Thanks for your comments.