On Sunday my husband and I saw this amazing bird of prey at Lucky Hammock, an area near the Eastern entrance to Everglades National Park. The bird perched on a dead branch, seemingly posing for us so that we could get a good close look. We also saw catbirds and warblers.
I could use some help identifying the hawk. It looks like it could be a Harrier, a Sharp-Shinned, Red-Shouldered or a Red-Tailed? It looks immature.
Red-shouldered Hawk...notice the checkered secondaries on the wing...a Broad-winged Hawk would be solidly colored secondaries.
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