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Red-tailed Hawk*
Buteo jamaicensis
(L18" WS 48" Wt 2.4 lb)
Bosque del Apache
Nat’l Wildlife Refuge
Nat’l Wildlife Refuge
08Mar2012
Spectacular in the air...can
soar to great heights.
soar to great heights.
Pennsylvania one year (before
1940) paid out $90,000 in bounties
for the killing of 130,000 owls and
hawks.
1940) paid out $90,000 in bounties
for the killing of 130,000 owls and
hawks.
(Bill Bryson)
Sandia Peak
12Mar2012
Buteo in Latin means buzzard;
jamaicensis is after the island
of Jamaica.
jamaicensis is after the island
of Jamaica.
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