2nd year Bald Eagle.  I'm hardly an expert, but it is a pretty good match
to the illustration in the Crossley guide, and any Red-tailed Hawk there
has pale secondaries and primaries, which is not the case with your bird.

It wasn't on 32 near 144 was it, I observed similar bird there yesterday.

Kurt Schwarz
HowCo
goawaybird at verizon dot net

On 3/5/12 7:16 PM, "Nancy Magnusson" <> wrote:

>Hi, all,
>
>When I was driving home today I was driving toward a hawk that just
>looked like a redtail to me. I drove under it though and it was very dark
>and looked more like a young eagle. I pulled over to look and it still
>looked redtail to me, but very dark underneath. I got the impression of a
>reddish tail in life, but that can be tricky - I've seen osprey tails
>that looked red, too, until they changed position. I snapped some
>pictures and posted 4 to Flickr. I could not get out of the car for a
>better look. Here is the link of the first picture. I'd appreciate
>opinions - redtail? Something else?
>http://www.flickr.com/photos/34312269@N04/6810695282
>
>Thanks,
>Nancy Magnusson
>Ellicott City, MD
>
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