Please identify this big bird.
Nov 16, 2019 17:32:47 #
It crashed into my house early today and wondered about my yard in a dazed state for over four hours. I feared that it was never going to recover but it did, and flew away.
I never know what I'm going to see in my yard. This time I was able to open the window and get a unobstructed view of it.
Some of my friends might think it strange that I keep my 600mm f/4 lens on my camera at all times. This is why. I took over two hundred of it as sat there shaking it's head and blinking it's eyes.
It looks like a hawk of some sort. Can anyone tell me more?
Thank you.
I never know what I'm going to see in my yard. This time I was able to open the window and get a unobstructed view of it.
Some of my friends might think it strange that I keep my 600mm f/4 lens on my camera at all times. This is why. I took over two hundred of it as sat there shaking it's head and blinking it's eyes.
It looks like a hawk of some sort. Can anyone tell me more?
Thank you.
Nov 16, 2019 17:36:30 #
Nov 16, 2019 17:41:08 #
Nov 16, 2019 17:41:43 #
rick_n_wv
Loc: Charleston WV
Davethehiker wrote:
It crashed into my house early today and wondered ... (show quote)
They are all around the area. I live in WV so not to far.
Nov 16, 2019 17:46:56 #
rick_n_wv wrote:
They are all around the area. I live in WV so not to far.
Great photo!
Nov 16, 2019 17:51:27 #
Nov 16, 2019 18:02:43 #
Dziadzi wrote:
RUFFED GROUSE
That made me blow my cup of tea out my nose! Sir, you are in fine fooling humour tonight.
Nov 16, 2019 18:07:51 #
Nov 16, 2019 18:09:50 #
BB4A wrote:
That made me blow my cup of tea out my nose! Sir, you are in fine fooling humour tonight.
https://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=tightropetb&p=ruffed+grouse+photo&type=54331_051618
Nov 16, 2019 18:16:15 #
not a Red-tailed, no belly band. Probably not a Buteo. My best guess would be an Accipiter, a juvenile sharpie. "All accipiters show bright white spots on back when feathers are fluffed" (quote Sibley) The yellow above the beak and eyes say juvenile. Lack of the white above the eyes eliminates the Northern Harrier and size compared to leaves says sharpie not cooper.... Sharp-shinned Hawk
Nov 16, 2019 18:16:21 #
Nov 16, 2019 18:17:22 #
Red Tailed Hawk. If you saw the tail it should have been a rust color.
Nov 16, 2019 18:20:23 #
hassighedgehog wrote:
Red Tailed Hawk. If you saw the tail it should have been a rust color.
https://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=tightropetb&p=ruffed+grouse+photo&type=54331_051618
Nov 16, 2019 18:31:32 #
Nov 16, 2019 18:35:16 #
hassighedgehog wrote:
Red Tailed Hawk. If you saw the tail it should have been a rust color.
I took this photo moments before it regained it's wits and flew away.
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