Genetically rare birds are starting to call Missouri home. Just months after a rare yellow Northern Cardinal was photographed in a St. Louis resident's backyard, homeowners in Wentzville ...

A common hawk of wet deciduous woodlands ... The primaries are barred or checkered black and white, the dark tail has 3 white bands. Underparts are rufous with white barring.

This bird made hawk-watching famous ... A second, thinner band may be visible on the fanned tail. Undersides are white with brown or rufous barring across breast, less on the belly.