This young hawk perched on the backyard feeder and had us searching the books to identify it. Bandings on the tailfeathers looked familiar, but the rest not so much. Finally, I took its photo and the online app identified it as a juvenile red-shouldered hawk. We have lots of these hawks in our neighborhood, but I didn’t recognize it with its spotted, light-colored chest.
Finally I noticed it; there was a hint of red on the upper chest. This was a “teenager” waiting to mature into its adult plumage. The youngsters fooled the adults once again!
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