bird ident?
Feb 27, 2020 23:01:57 #
Hi birders. What bird is this? He/she stopped eating the mouse long enough for me to shoot this today.
Feb 28, 2020 01:42:16 #
Whitbyrover
Loc: Lincolnshire, UK
ORpilot wrote:
Hi birders. What bird is this? He/she stopped eating the mouse long enough for me to shoot this today.
Hi,
I do believe that it is a Buzzard.
Feb 28, 2020 02:01:42 #
wdross
Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado
ORpilot wrote:
Hi birders. What bird is this? He/she stopped eating the mouse long enough for me to shoot this today.
I believe it is of the buzzard family like Whitbyrover mentioned. Without my book and just looking at the lighted portion of the tail I would guess it might be a Redtail Hawk.
Feb 28, 2020 03:59:10 #
Feb 28, 2020 06:52:08 #
Feb 28, 2020 07:53:59 #
Feb 28, 2020 08:15:09 #
Feb 28, 2020 09:13:29 #
Feb 28, 2020 09:16:05 #
Whitbyrover wrote:
Hi,
I do believe that it is a Buzzard.
I do believe that it is a Buzzard.
The buzzards I have seen have thin necks.
I believe this is more likely a hawk, but it is a fine photo regardless.
Feb 28, 2020 09:57:09 #
ORpilot wrote:
Hi birders. What bird is this? He/she stopped eating the mouse long enough for me to shoot this today.
There are no buzzards in the USA.
A buzzard is a hawk in Europe in the Buteo, or broad winged, hawk group.
Our 'buzzards' are actually new world Vultures.
There looks to be three Buteos in your area. This one looks to be the Red Tail, (Buteo jamaicensis), according to Nat. Geo. bird book.
To those who must make an uninformed guess, you cloud, not clarify the issue.
Checking in a good field guide before blindly stabbing at an ID would help. Guessing only adding to any confusion WHEN you are wrong, not if.
Common names confuse, not clarify an ID issue in most cases. Learning the scientific name is not really all that hard, and eliminates that confusion, (for some people).
Bill
Feb 28, 2020 10:02:28 #
Feb 28, 2020 10:47:01 #
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Feb 28, 2020 11:29:01 #
Looks like a Red Tailed Hawk to me. Definitely not a buzzard -- they are ugly and have no feathers on their heads.
Feb 28, 2020 12:12:42 #
Thanks all you birders. We have several varieties of raptors and some are real hard to figure out like the Coppers Hawk vs Sharp Shinned hawk. PS.. I knew it wasn't a buzzard... They are all in Washington DC.
anther view of the same bird
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