This past weekend I was fortunate enough to see a few hawks. I am still having trouble identifying the different types of hawks, especially when they are immature, as I think this hawk might be.
I spotted this one perched on the top of a old broken-off tree overlooking one of the fields of the marsh and was able to creep close enough to get a clear shot (although nor close enough to get an image that didn’t require significant cropping). For me, there is something regal about the hawk’s position, as though he is a monarch surveying his domain.
I have a few more shots of a hawk in a tree that I probably will post later, but wanted to share this one first.
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Mike Powell 
Looks like a juvenile Red Tail. Beautiful creatures!
Thanks for the help in the identification. At the marshland park where I took this photo, there are both Red Tail and Red-Shouldered hawks, and I couldn’t decide which one it was.
It does have that regal, I’m the king here look.
Someone else mentioned that he’s probably a juvenile. I figure that he’s the equivalent of a human teenager–most of them think they are invincible and rule the world.