A medium-sized hawk with short, rounded wings and a fairly long black-and-white banded tail. Adults are pale gray below with a finely barred chest.
Often fans tail in flight. Juveniles are pale below with finely barred tail and darker blotches on the belly.
A fairly long-legged and long-tailed hawk that usually hunts from a perch in the understory, looking for reptiles and other small animals to pounce on.
Adults have a light gray head, a darker gray back, barred underparts, and a barred black-and-white tail.
Builds stick nests in upper half of trees including cottonwood, willow, and oak, usually along streams.
Juveniles are brown above and spotted in brown below. They have a long tail banded in black and brown and a white cheek bordered by 2 brown streaks.
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Gray Hawks are medium-sized raptors. Like other buteos they have short, broad wings. The tail is fairly long (especially immatures), giving them some resemblance to an accipiter. They appear long-legged when perched. Females are noticeably larger than males.
Smaller than a Red-tailed Hawk; slightly larger than a Cooper's Hawk.
between crow and gooseHawks, Eagles, and Kites(Order: Accipitriformes, Family: Accipitridae)
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