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 06/21/2006 11:04:46 AM · #1
hey guys. I can't seem to find the name of this little hawk. Anyone know what it is?

PS - I HATE keywording!!



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 06/21/2006 11:10:36 AM · #2
Looks like a Kestrel. Use to be called the Sparrow Hawk until they discovered it was a Falcon and renamed it the American Kestrel. Not sure what the Kestrels of other nationalities think of that. Here are a few comparative photos.


06/21/2006 11:23:18 AM · #3
Its definitely a kestrel.
 06/21/2006 11:35:33 AM · #4
Yay! Thanks guys! (back to keywording) :D
 06/21/2006 11:36:14 AM · #5
Originally posted by scrum8:
Looks like a Kestrel. Use to be called the Sparrow Hawk until they discovered it was a Falcon and renamed it the American Kestrel. Not sure what the Kestrels of other nationalities think of that. Here are a few comparative photos.




yours don't have the yellow around the eyes.... does that make a difference?
06/21/2006 11:41:17 AM · #6
I'm thinking it might be a Cooper Hawk. They do have yellow around the eyes but I can't be certain its really a Cooper.

Message edited by author 2006-06-21 11:41:39.
 06/21/2006 11:58:58 AM · #7
Originally posted by idnic:

yours don't have the yellow around the eyes.... does that make a difference?


Maybe its just a species variation or due to age or sex. Was it Dove size or smaller. All the rest of the hawks/falcons I know are significantly larger.
 06/21/2006 12:01:19 PM · #8
Originally posted by scrum8:
Originally posted by idnic:

yours don't have the yellow around the eyes.... does that make a difference?


Maybe its just a species variation or due to age or sex. Was it Dove size or smaller. All the rest of the hawks/falcons I know are significantly larger.


Yeah, was very small. Smallest hawk/falcon I've ever seen, that's why I took so many shots of it.
06/21/2006 12:05:50 PM · #9
Cooper Hawks are small. Theyare about the same size as a small pigeon. They have squared tails and are colored very similar to the pics you show.
 06/21/2006 12:06:52 PM · #10
I'm going for a kestrel

Kestrel
 06/21/2006 12:10:57 PM · #11
Originally posted by idnic:
Originally posted by scrum8:
Looks like a Kestrel. Use to be called the Sparrow Hawk until they discovered it was a Falcon and renamed it the American Kestrel. Not sure what the Kestrels of other nationalities think of that. Here are a few comparative photos.




yours don't have the yellow around the eyes.... does that make a difference?

Scrum's is the American Kestrel, yours is "just" a Common Kestrel (Falco Tinnunculus). Common over here at least! Beautiful little birds, I love 'em.
 06/21/2006 12:16:18 PM · #12
Originally posted by cryan:
Cooper Hawks are small. Theyare about the same size as a small pigeon. They have squared tails and are colored very similar to the pics you show.


Here is a mature Coopers Hawk

and a mature Sharp Shin Hawk

Sometimes the immature Coopers is mistaken for the adult Sharp Shin.

Sorry, don't mean to hijack the thread.
 06/21/2006 12:23:01 PM · #13
Bingo! Common Kestral it is! Silly me assuming a bird I photographed in US was a US bird! :P

Thanks tons, guys!
 06/21/2006 12:38:30 PM · #14
If it was a wild bird shot in Florida (or USA) its a female American Kestrel. Van

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 06/21/2006 12:45:28 PM · #15
Originally posted by vtruan:
If it was a wild bird shot in Florida (or USA) its a female American Kestrel. Van


It was at a birds of prey show.....
 06/21/2006 01:30:10 PM · #16
Cindi,

The bird is a European Kestrel, Falco tinnunclus. I thought so, but wasn't sure if it was an immature female American or not. Van
 06/21/2006 01:48:42 PM · #17
Thank you, Van. I should just PM you first when I have these bird questions and save time! heheee
 06/21/2006 01:55:06 PM · #18
that is a good looking bird.
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