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10/03/2011 11:28:38 AM · #1 |
I'm sure this should be an easy ID for the regular bird photographers. I spotted this guy while out for a bike ride Sunday afternoon. He was sitting in a tree right next to the bike trail, less than 10 feet from me. I had just enough time to fire off 2 shots before he flew off.
Message edited by author 2011-10-03 11:28:57.
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10/03/2011 11:31:50 AM · #2 |
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10/03/2011 11:37:25 AM · #3 |
agree with red-shouldered hawk
whatbird.com |
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10/03/2011 11:43:49 AM · #4 |
I photograph birds all the time. Let me take a guess...
A big one?
:)
Sorry -- I'm not up on my hawks. What a beauty, though! |
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10/03/2011 11:59:58 AM · #5 |
| Might actually be a Cooper's Hawk |
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10/03/2011 12:00:57 PM · #6 |
| Oh...he looks like a young one! I thought he might be a red tailed hawk. |
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10/03/2011 12:06:16 PM · #7 |
Thanks. Ellen thought it was some sort of Eagle, but it didn't look like one to me.
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10/03/2011 12:27:12 PM · #8 |
| Steve, it sure looks like a first year red tailed hawk to me. They don't get their characteristic red tail until well into their 2nd full year. Additionally these birds have little fear of humans their first year. Their eyes will darken as they get older too. The head and beak shape is different than that of red shouldered hawks. Coopers hawks will be considerably smaller and sleeker than this one that you captured (nice shot btw). I've taken a few hundred pics of a pair of first year red tail hawks throughout this summer. A couple of them are in my profile. |
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10/03/2011 12:29:36 PM · #9 |
Double post. Sorry
Message edited by author 2011-10-03 12:31:09. |
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10/03/2011 12:43:24 PM · #10 |
It looks to me like  Neil's young Red-tail has made good time getting from NY to TX. He's understandably lost some weight on the way too! |
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10/03/2011 12:46:28 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by aliqui:
It looks to me like Neil's young Red-tail has made good time getting from NY to TX. He's understandably lost some weight on the way too! |
My thought exactly. Or is this the first sighting ever of the rare Yanko Hawk?
R.
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10/03/2011 03:55:03 PM · #12 |
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10/03/2011 05:01:53 PM · #13 |
One of the red tail juveniles that was living in center city Philadelphia. It is about to eat a rat that it's dad caught for it.
I chose this image because it closely resembles Steve's  Yo_Spiff image. Note the similar feather pattern on the wings. |
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10/03/2011 05:55:25 PM · #14 |
Here' another photo of a juvinile Red-shouldered Hawk. (It's from my gallery on WhatBird.com)
Actually, the more I look at the underparts of your bird, the more I think it is the juvinile red-tailed hawk, and not the red-shouldered hawk.
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12/31/2011 12:06:41 PM · #15 |
I have my own -- but no picture, unfortunately...
I saw these birds yesterday morning in some bushes in a suburban neighborhood. I live in western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh). It's cold here but no snow yet, and yesterday was actually rather mild -- mid 40's (F).
Anyway, these were small birds, sparrow-sized I would say. The one I that I saw up close had a dull blue back and white belly (or was it a white back and a blue belly?). Looked like some brown or orange under the wing. And a black mask/face. Short beaks, I think -- nothing particularly prominent about them.
They were plump but nimble little things. Any ideas? |
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12/31/2011 12:49:16 PM · #16 |
Possibly a Black-Throated Blue Warbler?
This is a very good site, with a checklist you can go through to narrow down the possibilities...
//www.whatbird.com/
R.
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12/31/2011 01:15:15 PM · #17 |
I agree with the red-tailed hawk. We see both here in S FL - here is a red-tail hawk (center photo) with red shouldered hawks on either side.
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12/31/2011 03:54:29 PM · #18 |
Another red tail, from north Florida.
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12/31/2011 04:51:37 PM · #19 |
 and one from me... |
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12/31/2011 05:34:41 PM · #20 |
you sure it's not a Cooper's Hawk???? |
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12/31/2011 06:43:12 PM · #21 |
Red-tailed Hawks. Images from Colorado.
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01/06/2012 10:22:24 AM · #22 |
| Hawks are sometimes really hard to identify because they have very similar markings sometimes...Great shot, those stupid birds never sit long enough or in the right spot for me. :P Did you get him in flight? Their shape when flying helps to identify them as well...but from the shot you have, I would also say it's an immature Red Tail. The beak on the Red Shoulder is very dark on the end even for the immatures and stays dark into adulthood where the Red Tail is not as dark and gets a bit lighter with age. |
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01/06/2012 10:40:49 AM · #23 |
| If the bird had flown over, we could have clearly identified the bird as a red-tailed hawk by the dark patagial marks on the underside of the wings. (dark mark on leading edge of wing) Red-tailed hawks are the only North American Hawk that has dark patagial marks. |
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01/06/2012 03:57:02 PM · #24 |
Looks like a Cooper's to me. There are a fair amount of them 'round central Pa.
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01/06/2012 04:10:54 PM · #25 |
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
Looks like a Cooper's to me. There are a fair amount of them 'round central Pa. |
A Cooper's Hawk would have a longer gray tail with broader bars and a white tip. Would not expect to see a red tail on a Cooper's Hawk. But, you could be right. We just don't have quite enough visual clues. |
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