Flickr - USCapitol - Red-tailed Hawk watches over Capitol grounds from The National Museum of the American Indian

Nicknamed Pal, short for Palakwayo (“red-tailed hawk” in Hopi), by the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, this red-trailed hawk watches from the Capitol grounds from trees of the museum.

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