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The Rusty Squirrel-Hawk AKA Ferruginous Hawk

10,000 Birds

Note the long yellow gape, a characteristic field mark of this species. For the past five years I have been fortunate to have a Ferruginous Hawk wintering near a farm in a grassland area below the foothills where I live. Fish and Wildlife Service and as a Sensitive Species by the Bureau of Land Management 1.

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