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I believe I photographed a red-tailed hawk (I know nothing about birds, I looked it up, if I'm wrong, correct me) yesterday in my own yard!

Nice picture of the bird


The bird is a Northern Goshawk


Info of bird

It is a widespread species that inhabits the temperate parts of the northern hemisphere. In Europe and North America, where there is only one goshawk, it is often referred to (officially and unofficially, respectively) as simply the "Goshawk". It is mainly resident, but birds from colder regions migrate south for the winter. In North America, migratory goshawks are often seen migrating south along mountain ridge tops in September and October.

This species was first described by Linnaeus in his Systema naturae in 1758 under its current scientific name.[2]

The Northern Goshawk appears on the flag of the Azores. The archipelago of the Azores, Portugal, takes its name from the Portuguese language word for goshawk, (açor), because the explorers who discovered the archipelago thought the birds of prey they saw there were goshawks; later it was found that these birds were kites or Common Buzzards (Buteo buteo rothschildi).

I was actually in my room. I zoomed in as far as I could go.

The only way I was able to find out it was a Northern Goshawk was to find it on wiki. I found a picture of the exact same bird that looked like it so I knew it was a Northern Goshawk.

Thats the front of the hawk starsky_Hiro.

Yes, that's the back view of the hawk. But thanks!