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Buteo jamaicensis in flight[edit]

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Original – Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), juvenile in flight at the Llano Seco Unit of the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex in Butte County, California
Reason
Was seen on Commons FPC early this year, where it was featured unanimously.
Articles in which this image appears
Red-tailed hawk
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
Frank Schulenburg
  • Support as nominator – MER-C 15:21, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8% of all FPs 21:02, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Excellent image, good EV. --Tagooty (talk) 03:20, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – For an in-flight shot, xcllnt detail of the head. – Sca (talk) 12:55, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support – --Janke | Talk 16:10, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, although I'd rather see an image that actually showed the red tail. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like any of the ones we have that do show the tail are high enough quality at this time (this is probably the best of the bunch). --Ahecht (TALK
    PAGE    ) 19:31, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • The red on a juvenile isn't very visible. blameless 22:26, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Although this is a super-quality shot, a juvenile from this PoV does not have high EV. Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:28, 22 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Buteo jamaicensis in flight at Llano Seco-1520.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 16:23, 27 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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