Buteo lineatus
(L 17" WS 40" Wt 1.4 lb)
Found throughout eastern U.S.
and Mexico and along the
California coast.
Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve
20Jan2017
A hawk kills because it is
his nature; a man because
it is his pleasure.
( Proverb)
Buteo in Latin means buzzard;
lineatus is Latin for lined.
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