Notes ³

The most common hawk on the west side of the bay. These have a ton of color variations, some of which annoyingly don't have a red tail. But the "belly band" of brown streaks across their middles is another good way to distinguish this species.

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1. (c) sarbhloh, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/29452402@N07/2939911664
2. (c) Robert, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/44055945@N06/5416405721/
3. (c) sea-kangaroo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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