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[JAMES SPEICHER]

My niece recorded this in Puerto Rico a few days ago. It certainly appears to be a large raptor, tho there are very few of record for PR.

Jim Speicher 

[JAMES SPEICHER]

[Russ Ruffing]

Looks like a dark morph red-tail. Right at the end you can see some deep red on the upper tail as it flares, and the pattern of the underwing is consistent.

On Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 1:02 PM JAMES SPEICHER <jugor...@gmail.com> wrote:

My niece recorded this in Puerto Rico a few days ago. It certainly appears to be a large raptor, tho there are very few of record for PR.

Jim Speicher 

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[Russ Ruffing]

See screen shot, notice upper tail coloration