Please identify this big bird.
Nov 16, 2019 18:42:02 #
Davethehiker wrote:
I took this photo moments before it regained it's wits and flew away.
Nice shot!
Nov 16, 2019 18:44:41 #
FotoHog wrote:
Nice shot!
Thank you. It's also my favorite. I took about 240 photos of it today! They don't pose very often.
Nov 16, 2019 18:46:48 #
Nov 16, 2019 18:50:17 #
It's a juvenile. The crimson on the tail hasn't come in yet. I'm glad it was ok. They have a very high mortality rate as juveniles. Gary
Nov 16, 2019 19:28:33 #
Nov 16, 2019 19:34:02 #
Dziadzi wrote:
It is a ruffed grouse.
WOW !!! . . . Ruffed Grouse equipped with talons and raptor beak turned meat eater! Evolution lives!!!
Nov 16, 2019 20:25:58 #
Nov 16, 2019 20:29:22 #
FotoHog wrote:
WOW !!! . . . Ruffed Grouse equipped with talons and raptor beak turned meat eater! Evolution lives!!!
Please look at the link that I provided.
Nov 16, 2019 20:35:31 #
Dziadzi wrote:
Please look at the link that I provided.
Where is the link? Can't see one.
Nov 16, 2019 20:36:11 #
Nov 16, 2019 20:47:07 #
FotoHog wrote:
Where is the link? Can't see one.
It was posted twice.............here it is again: https://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=tightropetb&p=ruffed+grouse+photo&type=54331_051618
And I am referencing the OP photo, not the one afterwards.
Nov 16, 2019 20:47:50 #
If I had to give a guess, it would be a Sharp-shinned Hawk.
But then there is always the Cooper's to contend with.
No to a grouse, for sure.
But then there is always the Cooper's to contend with.
No to a grouse, for sure.
Nov 16, 2019 20:55:08 #
FotoHog wrote:
WOW !!! . . . Ruffed Grouse equipped with talons and raptor beak turned meat eater! Evolution lives!!!
There are NO talons visible in the OP photo!
Too bad we can't post photos to this thread.
Nov 16, 2019 20:57:56 #
Davethehiker wrote:
It crashed into my house early today and wondered ... (show quote)
Yellow eyes, vertical marking on breast could be an immature Cooper's Hawk and they are year around in PA.
Nov 16, 2019 21:06:06 #
I just noticed that ruffed grouse have brown eyes, not yellow. I admit, I am wrong and that I am not a birder. ;)
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