Juvenile Red-Shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
This is a medium-sized hawk, even though it's in the Buteo genus which is usually the larger hawks. It's diet is very diverse, including small mammals, snakes, lizards, birds, crayfish, mice, large insects, and occasionally fish. This particular bird was finding worms to eat.
Photo # KSA_0199bwc.
(c) Kelly Shipp Photography
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