White tailed Hawk

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Kansabirdguy
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White tailed Hawk

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Is this a white tailed Hawk seen in Palo Duro today
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I see no reason to think that plus that would be exceedingly rare. Red-tailed would be my guess.
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Re: White tailed Hawk

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Kevin wrote: Sat Feb 28, 2026 10:30 pm I see no reason to think that plus that would be exceedingly rare. Red-tailed would be my guess.
Yeah I was trying to turn the shadows into dark flight feathers and it did have a noticeable dihedral in flight but looks normal for red tailed to me now
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