Red-tailed Hawk or Buteo jamaicensis
This is the female - she's 10-15% (like all raptors) larger than the male. This is Kia (pronounced Kyah if I have my phonetics correct.....)
NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D700, f/8 @ 300 mm, 1/1000, ISO 400, No Flash
Lil Judd aka LilKnytt Photography (c)
