Looking for an ID on what kind of Hawk this is.
Sep 28, 2018 08:19:57 #
RE wrote:
He and his friend have been flying around our neighborhood for a couple of days, looking to ID him.
Great captures RE...looks like a Red-shoulder to me!
Sep 28, 2018 09:39:03 #
Katydid wrote:
If I were a betting person, I would put my money on a Red-shouldered Hawk, which I have photographed many times. Anyone else?
Yes, Red Shouldered !
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Sep 28, 2018 09:55:24 #
Sep 28, 2018 11:13:07 #
Katydid wrote:
If I were a betting person, I would put my money on a Red-shouldered Hawk, which I have photographed many times. Anyone else?
My thoughts also.
Sep 28, 2018 12:08:13 #
Red-shouldered, not Coopers. Former is buteo, latter is accipiter. Body types are different.
Sep 28, 2018 13:00:29 #
Sep 28, 2018 14:05:47 #
Sep 28, 2018 15:07:12 #
It looks like a Red-Shouldered Hawk to me. They have a checkered pattern on their wings like the second photo and they're bigger than Cooper's Hawks.
Red-Shouldered hawks are often noisy. We sometimes have Cooper's Hawks coming to our feeders, trying to dive bomb a finch or dove. I've never heard a peep from the Cooper's Hawks, even when mobbed by crows.
Red-Shouldered hawks are often noisy. We sometimes have Cooper's Hawks coming to our feeders, trying to dive bomb a finch or dove. I've never heard a peep from the Cooper's Hawks, even when mobbed by crows.
Sep 28, 2018 16:48:07 #
I agree with Wings...Cooper’s Hawks are very noisy. They’ll sit on a branch and call over and over , sometimes for extended periods.
Sep 28, 2018 18:29:12 #
Katydid wrote:
If I were a betting person, I would put my money on a Red-shouldered Hawk, which I have photographed many times. Anyone else?
While I had agreed with Cooper’s, you might be right. My first impression had been red-shouldered, but I thought they were only in the east. After I looked more closely at my bird book, I see a stripe of area on the west coast, so I have to change my original comment.
Bud
Sep 28, 2018 20:11:44 #
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Sep 28, 2018 23:06:50 #
Katydid wrote:
If I were a betting person, I would put my money on a Red-shouldered Hawk, which I have photographed many times. Anyone else?
I agree.
Sep 28, 2018 23:55:08 #
Sep 29, 2018 00:17:37 #
etcraig
Loc: Chandler, Az
Red Shouldered hawk without question. Doesn't have a crown, belly band, or dark patagials. rules out Coopers or RTH
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