Help identify this bird
Feb 5, 2012 13:18:02 #
Help Identify this bird.
I believe it is a hawk but not sure what kind. Is it a young red tail?
I believe it is a hawk but not sure what kind. Is it a young red tail?
Feb 6, 2012 05:37:08 #
It is hard to tell from the photos but you can look it up in the library bird books.
Feb 6, 2012 09:08:40 #
Feb 6, 2012 09:19:54 #
Feb 6, 2012 11:03:31 #
We have a LOT of Red Tail's around here but I rarely see them that close! The "screech" they emit is a give-away I think. We have a place on Jack's Mt where the Hawk watchers etc. sit with their binoculars each day, It's fascinating! Good picture. tattoolady
Feb 6, 2012 12:41:04 #
Hawks are so hard to identify. In my raptor book the picture that best represents this bird is a juvenile Krider's Red Tailed Hawk. I believe they are in the south east. Of course, I may be wrong
Feb 6, 2012 13:30:05 #
Feb 6, 2012 19:22:28 #
I think I would have to go with Red-shouldered Hawk. The dark wide bands on the tail look more like a Red-shouldered. The dark bands on a juvenile Red-tailed are much narrowed Hawks do vary and it makes them difficult to ID>
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