Family: Accipitridae
Average annual sightings on Hawk Hill: 8693; Hawk Hill sightings peak mid-September and again in early November
Total banded by GGRO as of 2018: 10,324
ID BASICS
Size: length 22 inches; wingspan 50 inches
Key Field Marks: black patagial marks, often light belly band and hood
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Adult: buffy/light orange upper breast, brick-red occasionally barred tail
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Juvenile: gray-brown banded tail, square wing window (compare Red-shoulder’s crescent), ivory upper breast (“medallion”)
Flight: soaring, gliding, stilling, heavy flap, slight dihedral with “fingers” raised up
(Average annual sightings based on 2006-2017 data; 2010 and 2013 data not included due to partial seasons)