Identifying a hawk
Oct 20, 2018 18:29:39 #
Oct 20, 2018 18:57:22 #
Fotoartist wrote:
I need to know. Is this a Swainsons hawk?
Doesn't look like it.
See attached link to "All About Birds" with photos and range maps - you are in Michigan, where did you photograph the hawk? Your location as given on UHH is a hundred of miles out of their range.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Swainsons_Hawk/id
Oct 20, 2018 19:08:53 #
It is an Audubon Soc. of Mich. rescued bird. When they said it, it was a name I hadn't heard before. Then I saw the recent post on UHH about a "Swainsons Hawk" and it looked similar to me. Check it out yourself. It's in flight.
Oct 20, 2018 19:12:50 #
I don't THINK so. Just because it doesn't match anything else, and Red-tailed Hawks, particularly juveniles, are almost infinitely variable I am going the tentatively say Red-tailed Hawk (how's that for equivocation). 
Oct 20, 2018 19:14:37 #
Check out "Swainsons Hawk" on another current post.
Curmudgeon wrote:
I don't THINK so. Just because it doesn't match anything else, and Red-tailed Hawks, particularly juveniles, are almost infinitely variable I am going the tentatively say Red-tailed Hawk (how's that for equivocation).
Oct 20, 2018 19:38:50 #
Ok, now that I have examined a Swainsons closer the markings on the face are not similar nor is the color. Got carried away there for a moment.
Oct 20, 2018 20:28:06 #
I looked on Cornells Merlin app and it could be a broad winged hawk.
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Oct 20, 2018 20:33:04 #
Fotoartist wrote:
I need to know. Is this a Swainsons hawk?
I’m pretty sure it’s just a plain ole Redtail.
They’re found all over the country and are very easy to get close to.
Might be a broad wing since it doesn’t have any white on the chest. Maybe just young.
I’m gonna go with BIRD!!
Just don’t touch them like the people in Montana do!!!
SS
Oct 20, 2018 20:49:11 #
I think it's a Cooper's hawk or it's little brother the Sharp-shinned Hawk. The Cooper's has a rounded tail, whereas the Sharp-shinned is smaller and has a squared off tail.
Oct 20, 2018 20:52:53 #
SharpShooter wrote:
I’m pretty sure it’s just a plain ole Redtail.
They’re found all over the country and are very easy to get close to.
Might be a broad wing since it doesn’t have any white on the chest. Maybe just young.
I’m gonna go with BIRD!!
Just don’t touch them like the people in Montana do!!!
SS
They’re found all over the country and are very easy to get close to.
Might be a broad wing since it doesn’t have any white on the chest. Maybe just young.
I’m gonna go with BIRD!!
Just don’t touch them like the people in Montana do!!!
SS
Its definitely not a red tail hawk.
Oct 20, 2018 21:28:49 #
Oct 20, 2018 23:01:01 #
I think you're right it is a broad winged hawk. Look at the tail.
Thanks
Thanks
pmorin wrote:
I looked on Cornells Merlin app and it could be a broad winged hawk.
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Oct 21, 2018 02:31:36 #
imagemeister wrote:
Well, I am going to say it is an immature sharpie ......
Hey, careful there!!!
SS
Oct 21, 2018 06:11:36 #
Oct 21, 2018 06:13:11 #
w00dy4012
Loc: Thalia, East Virginia
The Watcher wrote:
I think it's a Cooper's hawk or it's little brother the Sharp-shinned Hawk. The Cooper's has a rounded tail, whereas the Sharp-shinned is smaller and has a squared off tail.
Agree.
Woody
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