CLOSED: Help with Hawks

Rockport, TX(Zone 9a)

I have 3 hawks to share. All were impossibly far away and the pics I took have been cropped to the point of ridiculousness. Still, what do you think? I have 3 pics of this first hawk -- Swainson's?

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Rockport, TX(Zone 9a)

Pic 2 of hawk 1

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Rockport, TX(Zone 9a)

Pic 3 of hawk 1.

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Rockport, TX(Zone 9a)

Hawk 2 -- juvie Osprey?

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Rockport, TX(Zone 9a)

Hawk 2 pic 2 - should have put this pic first!

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Rockport, TX(Zone 9a)

Hawk 3 -- Red-shouldered?

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Rockport, TX(Zone 9a)

Hawk 3 pic 2 -- this is the last one.

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Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a)

#1 - Swainson's - note longer, more pointed wings than other Buteo spp.

#2 - yep, Osprey

#3 - yep, Red-shouldered - note the translucent crescent near the wingtips

Resin

Rockport, TX(Zone 9a)

Thank you for the IDs and the tips!

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