Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus), Tres Rios Overbank Wetlands, Maricopa County

This Broad-winged Hawk was found and photographed by Jeff Ritz on 05 May 2018

Rare in spring in Arizona, but increasingly reported in recent years in Arizona and throughout the western US.

Small Buteo with rufous barring below, broad black and white bands on the tail.

05 May 2018, photo by Jeff Ritz

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