I’ll go for “Goshawk” for $2,000, Alex. Look at the plumage on the legs. Red hawks don’t have that.
Once saw a Red hawk at the bus stop at the Pentagon (where else would you find a hawk?). Had a wingspan of at least 5 feet, and sat unnoticed on a chain-link fence at the new bus-stops.
I had spotted him in a tree about 200-300 feet away (he stood out among all the other birds), but when he flew in and landed on the fence, you knew who he was, the king of the sky.
Awesome bird. He looked around, decided not to eat any of those waiting in line, and took off in one major flap of his wings.
Today Obama has outlawed any hawks in or near the Pentagon.
Redtails do have plumage on the upper legs. Sometimes it is plain cream, sometimes cream with light ticking, sometimes with very dark banded markings.
Juvie goshawks have uniform dark markings on the entire chest and belly, looks like grace’s hawk has a substantial white unmarked area.