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Harris‘s Hawk
Parabuteo unicinctus
(L 21" WS 42" Wt 2 lb)
Popular in falconry...a best-
studied least-understood
raptor...hunts in “packs” of 2-
5.
When I bestride him, I soar, I
am a hawk.
     (William Shakespeare, The
Life of King Henry the Fifth)
Sweetwater Wetlands
15Nov2009
© BirdNote,
Bob Sundstrom
Edward Harris
Parabuteo in Greek means near buzzard;
uncinatus in Latin means hooked..
Arizona City
22Jan2020
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Society
International