Hi,From what I can see in your photo, that is defintely a Red-tailed Hawk.
To help you identify a Red-tailed Hawk,you should look for the brown breast
band and orange under tail coverts.
Jess Findlay
-----Original Message-----
From: Patricia Hansen <pmhansen at drizzle.com>
To: TWEETERS <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Saturday, February 02, 2002 8:56 PM
Subject: bird ID


>Can anyone identify this bird? The picture was taken in January in B.C.
>Canada.
>
>http://www.daughtry.ca/extras/id/bird.jpg
>
>Patricia Hansen
>2 Balconies,3rd Floor
>Tacoma, Wa. USA
>pmhansen at drizzle.com
>
>
>"Use what talent you possess:
> the woods would be
> very silent if no birds sang
> except those that sang best."
>- Henry Van Dyke
>
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