I presume it's a Harris Hawk?
Nice portrait, Roy
That's a young bird mines 30 years old and still hunting.
Mines from one of the first imported pairs into this Country(uk) from California.
but is it a Harris Hawk, (I see it is now I have had a look around), ............. from where Roy? the US
They are sometimes reported in Europe ........ but maybe escapees?
can you ID this for me Roy?
Bill, could your mystery raptor be a Steppe Hawk - a subspecies of Buzzard (Buteo buteo Vulpinus). I know you've spent time in SA and so do these!