Anyone know what this bird is?

[dancerjodi]

Some kind of hawk? Brian saw it outside of our window sitting on our fence and ran out to take pictures . . . wow!

http://diabolis.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=219

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[dionysia.livejournal.com]

red-tailed hawk most likely.

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[dancer.livejournal.com]

"red-tailed hawk most likely"

That's what I thought, only the colored parts on this bird look purple in the pics (perhaps it was just a distortion through the camera).

Still, I've never seen one just hanging out in someone's yard before :)