Linda D.
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I think it's an immature red-tailed hawk. It certainly behaved like a youngster, hovering overhead to check us out.
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That’s Great!Fun thread!
Here's a couple...
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Spotted Pardalote
Brown Goshawk
Brown Thornbill
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Brown Goshawk
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Wow shots!
Lovely and well SPOTTED. 
Very nice shots. Love the leucistic Cardinal.
Cool Crested Caracara shot.That’s Great!
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Green Heron
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Great Egret
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One from the Mrs...
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Linda D.
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Linda D.
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I think it's an immature male rather than leucistic, although I'll certainly be keeping a closer eye on the cardinals now. (I had no idea albinism was even a "thing" in cardinals.)
Immature male cardinals look like female cardinals only have black beak. This bird is an adult male with white feathers which makes it leucistic, but not albino. Still maintains pigment in a lot of feathers, but has brown eyes. Just about any species of bird can be leucistic, ie. having some white feathers, but not being an albino.
Linda D.
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Learned something new today—thanks! Will keep an eye out for this bird.Immature male cardinals look like female cardinals only have black beak. This bird is an adult male with white feathers which makes it leucistic, but not albino. Still maintains pigment in a lot of feathers, but has brown eyes. Just about any species of bird can be leucistic, ie. having some white feathers, but not being an albino.
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Male Cardinal
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Thanks for the kind words Linda.
Dad was busy hunting for crickets, worms, and grasshoppers for the youngsters. He would land, hand the food off to the female, then take off and he took no notice at all of me or any other human in the area. He landed on a trail sign five feet away from me several times.
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Lucky you! And that is one phenomenal picture. Well done.Dad was busy hunting for crickets, worms, and grasshoppers for the youngsters. He would land, hand the food off to the female, then take off and he took no notice at all of me or any other human in the area. He landed on a trail sign five feet away from me several times.
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