I know the Red Tailed, Red Shouldered, Pigeon, and Sharp Shinned Hawks, but the immature hawks are always hard!
Googling an Immature Red Tail showed a young hawk with a bare upper-mid section as in your photo. So I’m kinda leaning that way.
I do hope you submit your pics and get an expert opinion.
Are you able to get a shot of the mother? That would answer everything!
Thanks for a post on other than the rotten news going on now!! I really mean that!!
Looks like an immature redtail. Mottled back, wings too short to be a falcon, no facial pattern as a falcon would have, gap in the pattern of markings on its underside. Chunky yellow feet.
Yes, they will eat squirrels, they are very good at killing squirrels and if they are bountiful in your neighborhood that’s probably why they nested there. They will also eat young ducks and young chickens, though usually not the adults unless squirrels and rodents get scarce.
way too small for a red tailed hawk. we have lots of them and they nest in our tall trees.
I would guess this is one of the immature birds. Immature can be tough to identify. I would look up coopers or sharp shinned hawk at allaboutbirds.com
Likely one of the state of the art NSA drones designed to look like a hawk.
Change all of your passwords immediately.
You must have done something to draw their attention.
Peterson Field Guide description of a Immature Broad Winged Hawk. “Heavily streaked along sides of neck, breast, and belly: chest often unmarked. Tail has several narrow dark bands: terminal dark band twice as wide as the rest. Rare dark morph, which breeds in Prairie Province, has dark wing lining but shows usual Broad-winged tail pattern.”
You did not indicate where you live in the country which is used to identify birds. I do not believe it is a red tailed hawk. I have seen many and bird watch as a hobby.
Voice: High-pitched, shrill, two-part downward pwe-eeeeee. Nest in trees usually 24-40 feet up. Small poorly built out of sticks, dead leaves. Usually a re-build squirrel, hawk or crow nest.
Range N. Dakota (Turtle Mts.) Nebraska (Missouri R.) Kansas (rare) Oklahoma and east Texas Minnesota and south to Louisiana. Thorough East US rarely in Florida.
Peterson Field Guide description of a Immature Broad Winged Hawk. “Heavily streaked along sides of neck, breast, and belly: chest often unmarked. Tail has several narrow dark bands: terminal dark band twice as wide as the rest. Rare dark morph, which breeds in Prairie Province, has dark wing lining but shows usual Broad-winged tail pattern.”
You did not indicate where you live in the country which is used to identify birds. I do not believe it is a red tailed hawk. I have seen many and bird watch as a hobby.
Voice: High-pitched, shrill, two-part downward pwe-eeeeee. Nest in trees usually 24-40 feet up. Small poorly built out of sticks, dead leaves. Usually a re-build squirrel, hawk or crow nest.
Range N. Dakota (Turtle Mts.) Nebraska (Missouri R.) Kansas (rare) Oklahoma and east Texas Minnesota and south to Louisiana. Thorough East US rarely in Florida.
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Broad-winged_Hawk/id
Peterson Field Guide description of a Immature Broad Winged Hawk. “Heavily streaked along sides of neck, breast, and belly: chest often unmarked. Tail has several narrow dark bands: terminal dark band twice as wide as the rest. Rare dark morph, which breeds in Prairie Province, has dark wing lining but shows usual Broad-winged tail pattern.”
You did not indicate where you live in the country which is used to identify birds. I do not believe it is a red tailed hawk. I have seen many and bird watch as a hobby.
Voice: High-pitched, shrill, two-part downward pwe-eeeeee. Nest in trees usually 24-40 feet up. Small poorly built out of sticks, dead leaves. Usually a re-build squirrel, hawk or crow nest.
Range N. Dakota (Turtle Mts.) Nebraska (Missouri R.) Kansas (rare) Oklahoma and east Texas Minnesota and south to Louisiana. Thorough East US rarely in Florida.
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Broad-winged_Hawk/id
Peterson Field Guide description of a Immature Broad Winged Hawk. “Heavily streaked along sides of neck, breast, and belly: chest often unmarked. Tail has several narrow dark bands: terminal dark band twice as wide as the rest. Rare dark morph, which breeds in Prairie Province, has dark wing lining but shows usual Broad-winged tail pattern.”
You did not indicate where you live in the country which is used to identify birds. I do not believe it is a red tailed hawk. I have seen many and bird watch as a hobby.
Voice: High-pitched, shrill, two-part downward pwe-eeeeee. Nest in trees usually 24-40 feet up. Small poorly built out of sticks, dead leaves. Usually a re-build squirrel, hawk or crow nest.
Range N. Dakota (Turtle Mts.) Nebraska (Missouri R.) Kansas (rare) Oklahoma and east Texas Minnesota and south to Louisiana. Thorough East US rarely in Florida.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Broad-winged_Hawk/id
Peterson Field Guide description of a Immature Broad Winged Hawk. “Heavily streaked along sides of neck, breast, and belly: chest often unmarked. Tail has several narrow dark bands: terminal dark band twice as wide as the rest. Rare dark morph, which breeds in Prairie Province, has dark wing lining but shows usual Broad-winged tail pattern.”
You did not indicate where you live in the country which is used to identify birds. I do not believe it is a red tailed hawk. I have seen many and bird watch as a hobby.
Voice: High-pitched, shrill, two-part downward pwe-eeeeee. Nest in trees usually 24-40 feet up. Small poorly built out of sticks, dead leaves. Usually a re-build squirrel, hawk or crow nest.
Range N. Dakota (Turtle Mts.) Nebraska (Missouri R.) Kansas (rare) Oklahoma and east Texas Minnesota and south to Louisiana. Thorough East US rarely in Florida.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Broad-winged_Hawk/id
Peterson Field Guide description of a Immature Broad Winged Hawk. “Heavily streaked along sides of neck, breast, and belly: chest often unmarked. Tail has several narrow dark bands: terminal dark band twice as wide as the rest. Rare dark morph, which breeds in Prairie Province, has dark wing lining but shows usual Broad-winged tail pattern.”
You did not indicate where you live in the country which is used to identify birds. I do not believe it is a red tailed hawk. I have seen many and bird watch as a hobby.
Voice: High-pitched, shrill, two-part downward pwe-eeeeee. Nest in trees usually 24-40 feet up. Small poorly built out of sticks, dead leaves. Usually a re-build squirrel, hawk or crow nest.
Range N. Dakota (Turtle Mts.) Nebraska (Missouri R.) Kansas (rare) Oklahoma and east Texas Minnesota and south to Louisiana. Thorough East US rarely in Florida.
Peterson Field Guide description of a Immature Broad Winged Hawk. “Heavily streaked along sides of neck, breast, and belly: chest often unmarked. Tail has several narrow dark bands: terminal dark band twice as wide as the rest. Rare dark morph, which breeds in Prairie Province, has dark wing lining but shows usual Broad-winged tail pattern.”
You did not indicate where you live in the country which is used to identify birds. I do not believe it is a red tailed hawk. I have seen many and bird watch as a hobby.
Voice: High-pitched, shrill, two-part downward pwe-eeeeee. Nest in trees usually 24-40 feet up. Small poorly built out of sticks, dead leaves. Usually a re-build squirrel, hawk or crow nest.
Range N. Dakota (Turtle Mts.) Nebraska (Missouri R.) Kansas (rare) Oklahoma and east Texas Minnesota and south to Louisiana. Thorough East US rarely in Florida.
It looks to be either a red tail or a Cooper’s hawk.
Coopers hawk.
This photo from Kingsville, Texas showsshows:
- dark patagial markings under the leading edge of the wing (a red-tailed hawk marker)
- dark banding on the leg feathers like your bird
- the top of the tail has narrow dark banding like your bird
- the underside of the tail is basically white like your bird
- white chest and dark markings on the belly like your bird
Here is a photo of a different juvenile red-tailed also from the Kingsville area: 
The tail is white underneath and the top has the narrow dark bands of a juvenile red-tailed.
Certainly looks like a prairie falcon. Peregrines have a much darker facial mask.
red tail hawk....they are actually quite delicious