A red-shouldered hawk perched among smooth, moss-streaked crape myrtle branches, with a rusty barred chest, black-and-white checkered wings and yellow feet, looking to the left.

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Red-shouldered hawk in the crape myrtle

Spotted this red-shouldered hawk perched in a crape myrtle right in our neighborhood. It sat still long enough for me to get close with my phone, peering out through the branches.

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