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Weekend before last I was in Toledo for daughter's volleyball tournament. We pulled into a McDonald's for a quick rest stop when I noticed a large Raptor flying low across the parking lot. It flew into a small adjoining woods and perched high up in the largest tree on the far edge about 100 yards away. The first impression I had of this bird was its size - about the size of a Red Tail, but slimmer and with a long tail and short wings of an accipiter. The girls went in to the restaurant and I grabbed my binoculars. The bird was perched facing me and I noticed a dark head - it appeared uniformly black and a uniformly light colored breast with only a single bar crossing its breast at the level of the shoulders. I couldn't see any other distinguishing marks except the long tail. I figured this is a Goshawk (my first) and probably a juvenile which woudl explain the inconsistent breast. It was a handsome bird. I was pretty excited - the girls cared less! Can you help with this ID?
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