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11/13/2016 04:08:09 PM |
| Thanks everyone, yep I would have to agree with the rough-legged. Not normally in this area but the write-up says they migrate from the Arctic to the south so probably just stopping for lunch and a rest. |
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11/13/2016 01:27:19 PM |
| Richard beat me to it. I pulled out my Sibley's and had it pegged as Rough-legged also. |
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11/13/2016 01:20:27 PM |
I don't think you can accurately identify a bird by beak alone. All raptors have curved beaks. I don't agree with kestrel or falcon - kestrels are tiny, and doesn't have the eye marks that a prairie falcon would have, and definitely not a peregrine. I think  hahn23 is correct, as roughies are also very common and about the size of a redtail or slightly larger. In flight they have black patches at the *wrist* area, which is a good way to tell them apart from redtails.
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11/13/2016 05:18:40 AM |
Rough-legged Hawk
Light morph
Buteo lagopus
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11/13/2016 01:04:37 AM |
| Maybe a Coopers hawk. More details? Estimated size? |
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11/12/2016 10:22:10 PM |
| Offhand, based on the beak, I'd say this was either a kestrel or a falcon, maybe a kite, and definitely not a hawk. |
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