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Tattered Looking Molting Red-tailed Hawk

By Mia McPherson|2022-10-04T07:10:38-05:00June 26th, 2016|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: birds of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, flight, flying, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, immature, lift off, molt, molting, perched, raptors, red tail, Red-tailed Hawk, sub-adult, subadult, tail bands, tail feathers, tattered|

This time of the year I see plenty of molting Red-tailed Hawks and they can look pretty tattered, worn and shabby.

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