CLOSED: Bird ID - bit of a difficult one!

I am hoping someone may be able to help identify this hawk/falcon. I observed it at a creek near where I live in New York state, unfortunately it was on the opposite side to where I was standing and even with the lens I was using I couldn't get a particularly good image of it. When I first saw it it appeared to have been feeding on something, again I couldn't really see what, and then it hopped up on to this branch.

I have included a cropped close up image, as well as the original to give some idea of scale of the bird.

Any help with this ID very much appreciated.

Here's the original image the crop was taken from.

Probably a pale-phase Red-tailed Hawk, but can't be 100% sure unless you can get some closer pics

Resin

Thank you. That would make sense as I have seen Red-tailed Hawks on a fairly regular basis in the area.