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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