bird id please
Feb 6, 2015 13:49:56 #
I got this quick grab out the car window this morning, just before it flew. Didn't even have time to adjust my setting. The nearest match I could find in my bird books was a juvi red tailed hawk. Could you confirm this, or set me straight. Thanks for looking.
Feb 6, 2015 14:50:56 #
Gregorian
Loc: Georgetown, Ky
Took a photo of one very similar last Saturday near Georgetown, Ky. and looked at photos that i Googled, close as I could match was a broad wing Hawk. Hopefully someone else on here is more familiar. Good Photo!!!
Feb 6, 2015 15:15:31 #
Gregorian
Loc: Georgetown, Ky
Here is a photo I googled and one I photographed in GT.
Broad Wing Hawk Courtesy of Google
Hawk I photographed in GT
Feb 6, 2015 15:43:34 #
Gregorian wrote:
Here is a photo I googled and one I photographed in GT.
Thank you Gregorian for your reply. I agree, mine looks very similar to the one you googled, but it is hard to be sure when one is taken from the front and the other to the back. Also, in mine, the eye appears to be more yellow, but that may be just lighting. I'm still hoping to get more responses. Thanks again.
Feb 6, 2015 15:57:54 #
Tough to ID with only one angle - seeing the chest plumage would help, as would another tail angle.
Feb 6, 2015 16:14:16 #
Allen Hirsch wrote:
Tough to ID with only one angle - seeing the chest plumage would help, as would another tail angle.
Thanks Allen. That is my problem. I only got the one shot and never saw the front at all.
Feb 7, 2015 14:34:39 #
Feb 7, 2015 14:44:26 #
Feb 7, 2015 20:18:54 #
Sugar'sDaddy wrote:
I got this quick grab out the car window this morning, just before it flew. Didn't even have time to adjust my setting. The nearest match I could find in my bird books was a juvi red tailed hawk. Could you confirm this, or set me straight. Thanks for looking.
It's a perigrin falcon. The cheek mark beneath the eye is the give away.
Feb 7, 2015 20:45:44 #
Fergus wrote:
It's a perigrin falcon. The cheek mark beneath the eye is the give away.
It's definitely not a peregrine falcon (coloring & markings are wrong) - this is a peregrine:
http://allenh.zenfolio.com/img/s8/v76/p1403051972-3.jpg
The bird above is some kind of hawk, not a falcon.
Feb 7, 2015 21:30:17 #
Allen Hirsch wrote:
It's definitely not a peregrine falcon (coloring & markings are wrong) - this is a peregrine:
http://allenh.zenfolio.com/img/s8/v76/p1403051972-3.jpg
The bird above is some kind of hawk, not a falcon.
http://allenh.zenfolio.com/img/s8/v76/p1403051972-3.jpg
The bird above is some kind of hawk, not a falcon.
Yep. You're right.
Feb 7, 2015 22:54:38 #
Fergus wrote:
It's a perigrin falcon. The cheek mark beneath the eye is the give away.
Thanks Fergus. There seems to be some confusion on this one. I've looked through my books several times, and nothing seems to match completely. That is why I think it may be a juvenile in transition.
Feb 7, 2015 22:57:34 #
Allen Hirsch wrote:
It's definitely not a peregrine falcon (coloring & markings are wrong) - this is a peregrine:
http://allenh.zenfolio.com/img/s8/v76/p1403051972-3.jpg
The bird above is some kind of hawk, not a falcon.
http://allenh.zenfolio.com/img/s8/v76/p1403051972-3.jpg
The bird above is some kind of hawk, not a falcon.
Thanks Allen. I also believe it is some kind of hawk, but just quite nail it down.
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