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Back View Of An Immature Female Northern Harrier Hovering

By Mia McPherson|February 24th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Northern Harriers, Utah|Tags: back view, birds of prey, Circus hudsonius, female, flight, flight feathers, harrier, harriers, hawks, Hawks of Utah, hovering, ID, immature, Northern Harrier, primaries, raptors, retrices, tail feathers, white rump, white uppertail coverts|

Would you be able to ID this hawk from just this image or similar view of it in the field if I hadn't already identified it in my title and my photo caption?

Tattered Looking Molting Red-tailed Hawk

By Mia McPherson|June 26th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, flight, flying, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, immature, lift off, molt, molting, perched, raptors, red tail, Red-tailed Hawk, sub-adult, subadult, tail bands, tail feathers, tattered|

This time of the year I see plenty of molting Red-tailed Hawks and they can look pretty tattered, worn and shabby.