@cassandra17lina
That would be my best guess. We get them around here a lot, but ours are Redtails with different colors and markings. I've only seen young ones land on the ground like that, but maybe just because the older ones avoid our yard with it's thick trees.
@cassandra17lina I would say it’s an immature red-tailed hawk.
@cassandra17lina I agree with @AmserJ Red Tailed Hawk.
@cassandra17lina I thought it might be a young falcon but I don’t think the beak is shaped correctly. So probably a hawk
@cassandra17lina Most likely, it's a red-tailed hawk, color variant.
(All pics mine.)
@cassandra17lina Based on a very similar picture from a wildlife cam on our property that I asked an expert birder to identify: a juvenile red shouldered hawk. But check if that bird is found in your area.
@cjewel Thanks - red shouldered hawks are definitely found here in eastern NC.
@cassandra17lina That's Pat, and they owe me five bucks.
@cassandra17lina I'd guess hawk, but not a red-tailed hawk. I believe we have those birds here, though. There was a mating pair in my sweetgum tree this spring.